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British writer who argued that women should have the same rights as men
Mary Wollstonecraft
a period also known as the Age of Reason
Enlightenment
How was reason used by thinkers during the Enlightenment?
to explain how the world worked
What ensured that England would have a limited government?
William and Mary accepted the English Bill of Rights.
argued against divine right in Two Treatises on Civil Government
John Locke
defeated rebels and foreign armies to make France into a great empire
Napoleon Bonaparte
document that William and Mary had to sign before they could rule
English Bill of Rights
How did Enlightenment thinkers generally view religion?
They disagreed with the Church's claims to authority.
Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?
People wanted to be more involved in making laws.
French philosopher whose Encyclopedia included articles on history, science, and technology written by different experts of the time
Denis Diderot
proposed the separation of powers
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
the idea that governments should express the will of the people
natural rights
Which actions showed the influence of the Enlightenment on monarchs such as Catherine the Great?
expanded education, reformed legal system, attempts to make life better for the commoners
What was a goal of Klemens von Metternich and the Congress of Vienna?
To make europe the way it was prior to the French Revolution
English writer who argued that economic growth occurred when governments allowed individuals to make their own choices
Adam Smith
spoke out against censorship, French philosopher who used humor to criticize government and religion
Voltaire
included life, liberty, and property in Locke's view
popular sovereignty
Which of the following was an effect of the Enlightenment on the British colonies in America?
Colonists started demanding that they have the same rights as other British citizens.
freed slave who led a rebellion of slaves against French rule on Haiti
Toussaint Louverture
the idea that each branch of government shares power and limits the power of the other branches
separation of powers
led revolutionary movements in Latin America in order to replace colonial rule with liberalism
Simon Bolívar
the idea that people agree to follow laws in exchange for the government agreeing to rule justly
the social contract
How were U.S. founding documents influenced by Enlightenment ideas?
Unalienable rights in the DoI reflected John Locke's ideas about natural rights.
Thomas Jefferson used ideas of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau about the social contract in writing the DoI
The division of power between the three branches of the federal government in the U.S. Constitution reflected Charles-Louis Montesquieu's ideas about separation of powers
priest who issued the el grito de Dolores and called for greater rights and economic justice in Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo
a system in which the idea supported by the most people is followed
majority rule