He was the thinker who believed in natural rights and that the government’s power comes from the people.
Who is John Locke?
100
This term is used when a ruler claims that their power comes from God.
What is divine right?
100
This is the term used for thinkers during the Enlightenment, like Rousseau or Voltaire.
What is a philosophe?
100
She was an early feminist who believed equality of women and men was highly important.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
100
This document was signed on July 4th, 1776 in the United States of America separating the country from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The period of the Restoration in England began with this ruler.
Who is Charles II?
200
In this type of government, laws limit a king or queen’s power.
What is a limited constitutional monarchy?
200
This term refers to monarchs who adopted some ideas from the Enlightenment.
What is enlightened despot?
200
This philosophe believed people are naturally good and that to stay that way, people should be able to choose their own government.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
200
This Enlightenment philosophe's ideas influenced the American Revolution.
Who is John Locke?
300
He was the first Prime Minister of England.
Who is Robert Walpole?
300
This is the belief that the government should be created and controlled by the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
This is the belief that truth can be determined solely by logical thinking.
What is rationalism?
300
This philosophe spent 27 years compiling the first encyclopedia.
Who is Denis Diderot?
300
He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
These were the two sides during the English Civil War.
Who were the Roundheads and the Royalists/Cavaliers?
400
This is when each branch of government keeps the others from gaining too much power.
What are checks and balances?
400
This was an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries to use logic and reason to decide how a country should be organized.
What is the Enlightenment?
400
This philosophe said, "I [may] disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" supporting his view of the freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire?
400
These are the three rights held in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
500
He was the Puritan leader in the fight against Charles I who later became the dictator of England.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
500
These are the 3 branches of government that balance a government's political power.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
500
This is an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole
What is a social contract?
500
He came up with the idea of the separation of powers into 3 branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
500
This is what the citizens must do, according to the Declaration of Independence, if a government is not protecting their rights.
What is abolish the government and create a new one?