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US-Dec.Connections1
Enlightenment Thinkers and their Ideas
Question | Answer |
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Who wrote about natural law | Thomas Aquinas |
Who believed people were naturally selfish and violent | Thomas Hobbes |
Who believed that governments should answer to their people | John Locke |
Who believed that people had natural rights, like life, liberty, and property | John Locke |
Who believed that government's job should be to protect our natural rights | John Locke |
Who believed that government was a contract between the rulers and the people they ruled | John Locke or Rousseau |
Who wrote about the importance of religious freedom | Voltaire |
Who wrote that the powers of government should be separated | Montesquieu |
What British document limits royal powers and says the rule of law applies to monarchs | Magna Carta |
What British document said monarchs couldn't tax the people without the Parliament's consent | English Bill of Rights |
What British document said people had the right to petition (ask) the king for something | English Bill of Rights |
What British document said people had a right to a fair and speedy trial by a jury of their peers | English Bill of Rights |