American Revolution

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Read the quote from the Declaration of Independence & identify the enlightenment ideal: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

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Locke's theory of Natural Rights

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Read the quote from the Declaration of Independence & identify the enlightenment ideal: "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

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Locke's theory of Natural Rights

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Read the quote from the Declaration of Independence & identify the enlightenment ideal: "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

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Locke's theory of Natural Rights

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What does the Enlightenment principle (belief) of social contract, or consent of the governed, mean?

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The government gets its authority from the people that it governs.

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What were the main ideas of the Enlightenment that influenced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution?

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Social contract and natural rights

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________________ was the first country to put enlightenment ideals in the foundation of their government.

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America

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Which of these is NOT considered a natural right by a certain political philosopher we emphasized in class? Options: Life, Liberty, Property, Wealth

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Wealth

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In Rousseau's The Social Contract, he expressed his belief that

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government was necessary to protect the rights of its citizens, but may be overthrown.