Enlightenment and growth of representative government

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Matthew Baca
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which intellectual movement emphasized reason and science to understand the world?
The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
The Reformation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe controlled how the universe worked?
Supernatural forces
Natural laws
Kings and queens
Priests and ministers
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who argued that governments get their power from the people?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Hobbes
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to John Locke, what natural rights do all people have?
Freedom, justice, and happiness
Life, liberty, and property
Speech, religion, and press
Wealth, success, and fame
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did John Locke say people should do if a government fails to protect their rights?
Obey anyway
Pray for reform
Change or replace the government
Write letters to the king
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Montesquieu believed the best way to limit government power was:
To give power to kings
To divide government into three branches
To allow only the church to rule
To let citizens vote once
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Benjamin Franklin is best known in this era as:
An English philosopher
A French nobleman
An American inventor and political thinker
A religious revivalist
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