Causes of the French Rev

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against

• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy

Enlightenment philosophe who did not agree with censorship.

• Voltaire
• Denis Diderot
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Adam Smith

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Enlightenment philosophe who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued what in his influential work The Social Contract?

• Sovereignty lies with God and only he can decide

• Sovereignty comes from the bourgeoisie, who are well educated

• Sovereignty comes from the nobility, who are appointed by the King

• Sovereignty comes from below, i.e. the people, who appoint the government to act on their behalf

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason
• The Age of Great Philosophers
• The Age of Religion
• The Age of Revolution

Which Enlightenment thinker is known for advocating the separation of church and state?

• Rousseau

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following?

• Freedom of Speech
• People are born wicked
• People are born free and equal
• The social contract