Long Enlightenment and American Revolution

The Renaissance and Enlightenment are similar because people during both eras began to:

• explore the world around them and create overseas colonies

• question the world around them and try to improve society

• give more power to the Roman Catholic Church

• question the power of strong kings

One similarity of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment is that both

• emphasized the value of logic and reason

• had the support of the Roman Catholic Church

• helped bring an end to feudalism in Europe

• placed great value on traditional beliefs from Greece and Rome

Baron de Montesquieu and Jean Jacques Rousseau would have agreed that:

• Monarchs are acceptable as long as they are Enlightened Despots

• too much power in the hands of one person is a bad idea

• divine right and mercantilism should be used by kings when ruling a nation

• absolute monarchies are better than limited monarchies

According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to

• divide power among three equal branches of government

• protect the natural rights of individuals

• Serve the monarch

• use direct democracy to guarantee the will of the majority

Which Enlightenment philosophe believed so much in freedoms of speech and religion that he declared, "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it."?

• Cesare Beccaria

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which Enlightenment philosophe believed in limited government and argued that government power comes from the "consent of the governed"?

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

“When the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are united in one person, there can only be tyranny and corruption." --Baron de Montesquieu

This quotation best shows Montesqueiu's belief that the best form of government is one that

• protects the power of absolute monarchies

• protects freedom of speech

• limits natural rights of citizens

• separates power among three branches of government

Who created Encyclopedia, a collection of the most current and enlightened knowledge

• Franz Hayden

• Denis Diderot

• Eugene Delacriox

• Adam Smith

In his book about economics, Adam Smith's idea of "laissez-faire capitalism" called for

• strict government control of the economy

• government spending in order to create jobs

• heavy government taxation of industry

• minimal government involvement in the economy

John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu would have most DISAGREED with the political ideas of

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Cesare Beccaria