Enlightenment Thinkers

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Who believed that people had "natural rights?"

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Locke

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Who criticized the French monarchy?

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Voltaire

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Who believed that oppressive governments should be overthrown?

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Locke

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Who believed that governments are supposed to protect people's rights?

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Locke

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Who believed the common good was greater than the individual?

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Rousseau

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Who defended freedom of speech and religion?

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Voltaire

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Who believed in limited government control?

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Rousseau

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Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected? Options: Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes

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Rousseau

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Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property? Options: Rousseau, Beccaria, Wollstonecraft, Locke

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Locke

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Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

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Montesquieu