Enlightenment Thinkers

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?

• Nothing, people must obey the government

• The people would have a right to revolt

• The people would be returned to a state of nature

• People would be forced to enter into a social contract

Which idea below is Montesquieu's?

• Civic Virtue

• Tabula Rasa

• Natural Rights

• Checks and Balances

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Beccaria

• Hobbes

Rousseau believed in the idea of what for the government?

• Majority Rule

• Dictatorship

• Nobody Votes

What did Enlightenment thinkers emphasize?

• Religious dogmatism

• Unthinking faith

• The exercise of critical reason

• Religious exclusivity

What did Enlightenment thinkers defend in reaction to the religious wars of Europe?

• Religious intolerance

• Religious exclusivity

• Religious tolerance and freedom

• Religious extremism

Who were considered paragons of Enlightenment thought in America?

• Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington and Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams and James Madison

• Patrick Henry and John Hancock

Who influenced religious and political thought throughout the colonies?

• European monarchs

• Enlightenment thinkers

• Religious leaders

• Military generals

What did the Enlightenment emphasize regarding human rights?

• Religious oppression

• Intellectual freedom

• Political conformity

• State control