Enlightenment Thinkers and the Bill of Rights

Who believed in natural rights and the social contract?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Karl Marx

• Niccolò Machiavelli

Who advocated for religious tolerance and free speech?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• John Calvin

Which document included free speech, the right to a fair trial and equal punishment, and freedom of religion?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Baron de Montesquieu supported the separation of powers and three branches of ________.

• government

• science

• religion

• commerce

The Magna Carta was written by _____ to protect their rights against the king.

• nobles

• peasants

• church

• parliament

The purpose of the Magna Carta was to secure the ______.

• Rights of Nobles

• Power of the King

• Wealth of the Church

• Territory of England

The Constitution defined the fundamental law of the land in _____

• the United States

• France

• Canada

• Australia

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, All men are created equal, and No taxation without representation were all ideas from the Magna Carta that made it onto _______.

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Bill of Rights

• the Constitution of the United States

• the Emancipation Proclamation

I advocated for fair trials and equal punishments. Who am I?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Beccaria

• Montesquieu

Montesquieu supported separation of powers and what?

• The three branches of government

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta