Enlightenment Thinkers and Ideas

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Which of the following is NOT a natural right according to John Locke? Life, Property, Liberty

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Pursuit of Happiness

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Which philosopher believed that freedom of speech required the separation of church and state?

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Voltaire

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John Locke believed the purpose of the government was...

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To protect peoples' Natural Rights.

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Mary Wollstonecraft believed: Women should have the same educational opportunities as men.

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Women should have the same educational opportunities as men.

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Which Enlightenment thinker is associated with the concept of governing for the general will?

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Which principle refers to the idea that the government gets its power from the people, and the government exists to serve the will of the people?

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Popular Sovereignty

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According to John Locke, what is the source of natural rights?

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You are born with them.

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Which Enlightenment figure would most agree with the ability of Congress to impeach or remove the President from office?

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Baron de Montesquieu

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Which Enlightenment thinker created the idea of separation of powers?

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Montesquieu

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This quote from the Declaration of Independence shows the influence of which Enlightenment thinker? "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