ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS
This thinker wrote Leviathan and wanted a strong king.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This term means rights people are born with.
What is natural law?
This is one example of a natural right people are born with.
What is life, liberty, or property (any one)?
This queen, Henry VIII's daughter, made England a Protestant nation.
Who is Elizabeth I?
This word means a fleet of warships.
What is an armada?
This thinker wrote about natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This is an agreement between rulers and the people, where people give up some freedom and government protects their rights.
What is a social contract?
In a social contract, people give up some of this in exchange for government protecting their rights.
What is freedom?
This philosophe criticized the Catholic Church and supported freedom of belief.
Who is Voltaire?
This explorer named a mountain "Mont-Royal."
Who is Jacques Cartier?
This thinker wanted government split into three branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This is the French word for "philosopher."
What is philosophe?
Unlike Locke, this philosopher believed people were naturally violent and needed a strong king to keep order.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
: This is the form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church.
What is Protestantism?
This ancient civilization gave us the idea of democracy.
Who are the Greeks?
TWho is Jean-Jacques Rousseauhis thinker wrote The Social Contract.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This system of government gives a king or queen total power.
What is absolutism?
This was the main reason European countries built colonies in different parts of North America.
What is religious differences (Catholic vs. Protestant)?
This is an example of a Catholic country that settled the Southwest and Southeast.
What is Spain?
This religion's holy text describes the Ten Commandments.
What is Judaism?
This philosophe published a large Encyclopedia
Who is Denis Diderot?
This is a government where people elect delegates to make their laws.
What is representative government?
This 1215 document was the first to limit the power of an English king.
Answer: What is the Magna Carta?
This idea means the law applies equally to everyone.
What is the rule of law?
This German priest's actions started the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?