According to Thomas Hobbes, why do people enter into a social contract with government?

Which philosopher believed that people are basically reasonable and moral?

According to John Locke, what are the natural rights that belong to humans from birth?

Which philosopher believed that governments with limited power were the best?

Who wrote 'The Spirit of the Laws' and discussed the balance of powers?

Which philosopher used wit to expose abuses of the era and battled against inequality and injustice?

Who compiled the Encyclopedia, which contained articles attacking Divine right and the church?

According to Jean Jacques Rousseau, what corrupted people and led to the unequal distribution of property and wealth?

Which economist argued that the market should regulate business activity?

Which country established a powerful navy and a global empire in the 16 and 1700's?

Which act regulated colonial trade in the American colonies?

What event in 1773 led to harsh laws being imposed on Massachusetts residents?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

What principle was established by the Declaration of Independence?

Which battle was the turning point in the American Revolution?

What did the Constitution establish in the United States?

Which document replaced the Articles of Confederation as the guiding document of the United States?

What were the reasons that led people to lose faith in the church during the Enlightenment period?

What tool did the monarchs and the church use to combat Enlightenment ideas?

Which city was the center of Enlightenment thinking?

How did the bill of rights embody enlightenment thinking?

Who presided over the constitutional convention that drafted the Constitution?

Which work of Voltaire exposed corruption and hypocrisy in Europe?

Who opened her home at Rue St. Honoré to the brightest minds and artists?

What were the informal social gatherings where Enlightenment ideas were discussed called?

Which style of art demonstrated the grandeur of European life?

How is Rococo different than Baroque art?

Which 2 composers became famous and influential during the Enlightenment period?

What were the absolutist Kings and Queens who accepted some Enlightenment ideas known as?

Which enlightened despot improved life for the peasants and abolished serfdom?

Which event led King George to implement taxes on the colonies?

What was the first battle of the Revolutionary war?

What was the name of the winter camp where George Washington's troops were from 1777-1778?

What is one phrase from the constitution that demonstrates enlightenment ideas?

Which French Philosophe first proposed the ideas of legislative, executive and judicial branches of government?

Which Russian monarch wrote letters to the French philosophers Diderot and Voltaire?

Which nations had revolutions shortly after America?

Why is having three branches of government important?

How did John Locke and Thomas Hobbes disagree about human nature?

Who developed the idea of that the free market would be the most beneficial to economic growth?