Enlightenment Thinkers Review

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What were John Locke’s ideas about the natural rights all people are born with?

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Life, liberty, and property

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What did John Locke think people should do if a government breaks the social contract and abuses its power?

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Resist and replace the government

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What did Thomas Hobbes believe life would be like without government?

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Nasty, brutish, and short

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What was Thomas Hobbes’ idea of the social contract?

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People should give up some freedoms to a strong ruler for order and safety.

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What was Mary Wollstonecraft’s main argument about women’s rights?

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Women deserve education and equal opportunities as men

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What did Mary Wollstonecraft believe was the key to breaking limitations placed on women?

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Providing women with the same education as men

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What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe about human nature in the state of nature?

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People were naturally good and peaceful

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What was Rousseau’s idea of the social contract?

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People agree to follow rules that serve the collective will of the community

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What was one of Voltaire’s key beliefs about religion? Options: People should follow the government’s religion, People should have the freedom to worship as they choose, Religious leaders should have absolute power over society, Religion should be banned because it is harmful

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People should have the freedom to worship as they choose

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What did Voltaire believe about government?

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Governments should have limited power and protect individual freedoms