Enlightenment Flashcards

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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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reason and logic

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

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John Locke

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power. Options: John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire

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Montesquieu

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According to John Locke, why are governments created?

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People set up governments to protect their natural rights.

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Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following? Freedom of Speech, People are born wicked, People need sweet hair, The social contract

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Freedom of Speech

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What was a salon during The Enlightenment?

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A place (usually the home of a woman in Paris) for people of all social classes to gather and discuss ideas

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Enlightenment thinker who believed in an absolute monarchy because people are naturally selfish, cruel, and driven by a need for power.

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Hobbes

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One of the leading females during Enlightenment who had the most famous salon in Paris

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Madame Geoffrin

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government where the ruler (king or queen) has total and complete power

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absolute monarchy

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Who believed that people accused of a crime should be innocent until proven guilty and did not believe in cruel and unusual punishment or the death penalty?

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Cesare Beccaria