Enlightenment and Revolutions

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Which Enlightenment thinker had the concept that all men have natural rights (life, liberty, property)? This thinker also inspired the ideas in the Declaration of Independence.

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John Locke

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What was the central theme that Enlightenment thinkers were writing about? Options: Divine Right Theory, Debating taxation, Increasing the power of the Church

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Relationship between people and government

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What is the social contract theory?

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People should give up some freedoms so that as a group, everyone is cared for

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Of the following enlightenment thinkers, who developed the idea for the social contract? Charles Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, John Locke

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Life, liberty, and property are also known as?

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Natural Rights

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

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Montesquieu

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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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What concept below would the Enlightenment philosophers be most likely to agree upon? Government should be dictated by the Divine Right Theory, Citizens should never be involved in how the Government is ran, People should get to choose how the government controls them, There should be no separation between Church and Government

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People should get to choose how the government controls them

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Who inspired the Declaration of Independence, & who authored it?

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John Locke & Thomas Jefferson

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the French Revolution? Separation of citizens into distinct classes, Reign of Terror, Unequal representation, Unfair taxation

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Reign of Terror