The Age of Enlightenment

What was the "Age of Enlightenment?"

• a time when people fought to abolish segregation and discrimination

• a time when people had new ideas about human rights and the role of government

• a time in Ancient Greece when the people voted on their own policies with no representatives

Around what time did the Age of Enlightenment happen?

• 1800's

• 1900's

• 1700's

• 1900's

During the Age of Enlightenment, where did people gather to talk about human rights and philosophy?

• Salons in Paris

• Cafes in New York

• Cafes in Rome

• Salons in London

What is the definition of "natural rights?"

• the ability to exist in nature

• the right to have no rules imposed on a society

• the right to life, liberty, property and happiness- basic human rights

• the idea that a country's citizens should choose leaders in an election

Citizens give up some freedom they would have in a state

of nature (like the freedom to rob and kill people), and in exchange the government

protects citizens’ right to life, liberty, and property is.....

• social contract

• consent of the governed

• natural rights

• Republicanism

If a government failed, then citizens would no longer agree to be governed and they would have the right to revolt. This idea is known as....

• social contract

• natural rights

• Republicanism

• consent of the governed

The idea that a country’s leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election

• social contract

• Republicanism

• natural rights

• consent of the governed