Philosophers
This philosopher supported the idea of Absolutism and that humans were naturally selfish
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
What is the "divine right" of Kings?
The belief that the King was chosen by God.
Men and women Enlightenment thinkers are also referred to as.
What are philosophers?
Name the two Revolutions that were inspired by the Enlightenment that we have learned about so far.
What is the American and French Revolutions?
Who would have agreed with no taxation without representation?
1) a colonial loyalist
2) a colonial rebel/patriot
2) a colonial rebel/patriot
These rights were thought of by John Locke during the Enlightenment and you get them just by existing as a human being
What are Natural Rights?
An actual or a hypothetical agreement between the ruled and their rulers.
social contract
What were two two of the major roots of the Enlightenment
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
This letter which was sent to King George the III by the colonists was inspired by Enlightenment thinkers that changed the United States
The Declaration of Independence
The time period of the Age of Enlightenment
What is the 17th century?
He believed that everyone should have an equal say in government
Jean Jacque Rousseau
A period during the 1700s marked by an emphasis on rationality and reason in philosophy, government, and science. Many Enlightenment ideas inspired later revolutionary movements, especially in the United States and France.
The Enlightenment
What were three of the major issues that Enlightened Philosophers were inspired to solve?
1. racism
2. sexism
3. classism
Name a popular Enlightenment idea/freedom that exists today
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Religious Tolerance
Another name for the Age of Enlightenment
What is the Age of Reason?
This philosopher composed the book "The Social Contract" which 30 years later inspired the French Revolution.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(ca. 1500s – 1700s) A fundamental change in the way people studied the natural world. The new scientific ideas were based on observation, evidence, and reason.
The Scientific Revolution
An old idea regarding monarchy that all Enlightenment philosophers did not believe in
What is the 'divine rights of kings'?
True or False
The English Bill of Rights was written before The US Bill of Rights
True
Which Enlightened Philosopher was known to have lived a life very different from which his books valued.
Jean Jacque Rousseau
Stood for representative governments, believed people in a state of nature are good
John Locke
This type of government became more desired after the works of Enlightened Philosophers.
Democracy
What movement did John Calvin start?
The Protestant Reformation and the questioning of the Devine Rights of Kings
Name the event in which colonists dressed up as Natives and dumped the Tea Taxed by the British into the Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
What very early document limited the power of the British Monarchy?
The Magna Carta