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Principles of Democracy
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What is another name for the age of the enlightenment?

The Age of Reason

100

This king known as the Sun King, ruled with absolute power. 

Louis XIV

100

Who believed that humans are "nasty, brutish, and short," and that humans are essentially "bad" by nature? Believed we should be ruled by an Absolute monarch

Thomas Hobbes

100
What revolutions were inspired by Enlightenment ideas?
American and French Revolutions
100

What is one document that used democratic principles like due process, consent of the governed, rule of law, and limited government

Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. 

200

Where fundamental ideas did enlightenment thinkers have? 

Using logic and reason. 

200

A cause of the enlightenment where people in Europe began to rediscover the classics from the Romans and Greeks began a new way of thinking

The Renaissance 

200
What rights were thought of by John Locke during the Enlightenment and you get them just by existing as a human being?
Natural rights (rights to life, liberty, and property)
200
What document inspired by Enlightenment thinkers that changed the United States and impacted England?
Declaration of Independence/ Bill of Rights
200

Your ability to be granted a fair trial is an example of?

Due Process

300

Where did enlightenment philosophs meet to discuss ideas? 

Salons

300

This age is a cause of the enlightenment when people began to openly split from the Catholic church and question it.

The Protestant Reformation

300
What did Montesquieu's beliefs about how the government should run be different from other philosophers?
Separation of powers (3 branches)
300
According to Locke's social contract, what gives the government its authority?
the people
300

The idea that no man or king is above the law?

Rule of Law

400

Enlightenment thinker who advocated for women's rights

Mary Wollstonecraft

400

This age is one of the causes of the enlightenment where Europeans began to travel the world and meet new groups of people

The Age of Exploration

400
Which philosopher was known for his belief in individual rights and religious tolerance?
Voltaire
400

What are some example of how absolute monarchs abused their power. 

Started wars, taxed, built palaces, killed people, etc. 

400

The idea that the government gets its power from the people?

Consent of the Governed

500

What were two causes of the enlightenment happening?

Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Age of Exploration, absolute monarchs

500
What was the old idea that monarchy ruled by PRIOR to the Enlightenment?
Divine rights of kings (God chose them so they have absolute power)
500

Which philosophers believed that democracy was the best form of government?

Rousseau, John Locke, Mary Wollstonecraft

500

Enlightenment thinker who argued against cruel and unusual punishments

Cesare Beccaria

500

The government cannot house soldiers in your house is an example of...

Limited government

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