The Enlightenment AP World History 5.1

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The Enlightenment is...

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an intellectual movement that advocated the use of reason to reconsider accepted ideas

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What did the Enlightenment emphasize in terms of knowing truth and reality?

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Senses and natural laws

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John Locke's theory of government is based on which idea?

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People are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property

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What is Individualism?

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Individualism is the principle of valuing the individual over the collective society.

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What did Adam Smith believe in?

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Free market and minimal government intervention.

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Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

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True

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Deism was...

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God is real but does not intervene with history

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People who did not accept the Enlightenment were called..

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conservatives

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What did the Seneca Falls Convention advocate for?

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Women's right, Women's suffrage, Women's property rights.

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What did the Enlightenment ideal lead in terms of slavery and serfdom?

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Abolition of slavery and serfdom.