Unit Review - Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution

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Which Enlightenment philosopher believed man needed to live under a sovereign power and a social contract because he saw humans as naturally selfish and quick to fight?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Which Enlightenment philosopher favored limited government and imagined a set of natural rights: Life, Liberty, and Property?

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John Locke

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Which philosopher emphasized separation of powers?

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Baron de Montesquieu

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Which philosopher championed individual freedoms and a social contract between government and people?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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An unfair ___ system caused both the American and French Revolutions.

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tax

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Which type of government sparked Enlightenment philosophies? Options: socialism, absolutism, communism, democracy

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absolutism

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During the Enlightenment periods philosophers applied _______ to human and the natural worlds instead of relying upon religious doctrine.

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reason