Enlightenment thinkers

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Who believed that people had "natural rights?"

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Locke

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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 the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?

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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

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Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.

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selfish and wicked

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Who believed there should be a separation of church and state?

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Voltaire