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100

This philosopher supported the idea of Absolutism and that humans were naturally selfish

Who is Thomas Hobbes?

100

What is the "divine right" of Kings?

The belief that the King was chosen by God.

100

Men and women Enlightenment thinkers are also referred to as.

What are philosophers?

100

Name the two Revolutions that were inspired by the Enlightenment that we have learned about so far.

What is the American and French Revolutions?

100

Who would have agreed with no taxation without representation?

1) a colonial loyalist

2) a colonial rebel/patriot

2) a colonial rebel/patriot

200

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?

200

An actual or a hypothetical agreement between the ruled and their rulers.

social contract

200

What were two two of the major roots of the Enlightenment

The Protestant Reformation

 The Scientific Revolution

200

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

200

The time period of the Age of Enlightenment

What is the 17th century?

300

He believed that everyone should have an equal say in government

Jean Jacque Rousseau

300

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

300

What were three of the major issues that Enlightened Philosophers were inspired to solve?

1. racism

2. sexism

3. classism

300

Name a popular Enlightenment idea/freedom that exists today

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Press

Religious Tolerance

300

Another name for the Age of Enlightenment

What is the Age of Reason?

400

This philosopher composed the book "The Social Contract" which 30 years later inspired the French Revolution.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

400

(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

400

An old idea regarding monarchy that all Enlightenment philosophers did not believe in

What is the 'divine rights of kings'?

400

True or False

The English Bill of Rights was written before The US Bill of Rights 

True

400

Which Enlightened Philosopher was known to have lived a life very different from which his books valued.

Jean Jacque Rousseau

500

Stood for representative governments, believed people in a state of nature are good

John Locke

500

This type of government became more desired after the works of Enlightened Philosophers. 

Democracy

500

What movement did John Calvin start?

The Protestant Reformation and the questioning of the Devine Rights of Kings

500

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

500

What very early document limited the power of the British Monarchy?

The Magna Carta