WorksheetsU4L3 Government and the Enlightenment
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
The 17th and 18th centuries in Europe experienced the
Age of Englightenment
Renaissance
Agricultural Revolution
Great Schism
One result of the Age of Englightenment was that rulers
began to change their views on how they ruled
had to get their divine right card stamped in heaven
pretty much laughed at the silly peasants and stayed the same
decided to try letting peasants be king for a day
Rulers thought divine right gave them
unlimited power from a God like source
some balance with the divine left
a shiny crown with which to see the future
the ability to work alongside the Autobots
Enlightenment thinkers thought that rulers should
share their power and wealth with the people
share their recipes for crown cookies
share their receipts for royal expenses
let peasants play on the giant chessboard in the royal garden
Which two leaders does the book say gave some royal power to some of their people?
Frederick and Catherine
Wallace and Gromit
Sancho and Panza
William and Mary
Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau all believed that government existed to
protect and serve citizens
attack and dethrone citizens
forgive and forget citizens
deceive and exploit citizens
Locke came up with "natural rights", which are a
contract between ruler and people
contract between ruler and god
contract between people and god
contract between science and religion
Locke's idea of a social contract expected
ruler power to be limited and people power to be upheld
ruler power to be unlimited and people power to be limited
ruler power to be for the rich and people power to be for the poor
ruler power for the educated and people power for the uneducated
Montesquieu thought that giving pieces of ruler power to different branches of government would
limit power so no one controlled everything
be a good way to get put in a history book
all be part of his secret plan for world domination
show that jerk Rousseau who the smartest Frenchman was
Rosseau added to the idea of the social contract by saying that
if the government breaks the contract, the people should rebel
if the government breaks the contract, the people should obey
if the government follows the contract, the people should rebel
if the government breaks the contract, the people have no power
In America, enlightenment ideas caused the people to
agree the British government needed to be replaced
agree to better serve the British government
pay more taxes to get better government services
like the Parliament more than the king
Ben Franklin said the citizens in America shouldn't pay taxes because they
don't have leaders they know in Parliment
are sovereign citizens
don't know what taxes are
don't feel like it
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
In 1786 people wrote the rules for the United States when they wrote the
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
Petition to King George
