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The Enlightenment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Enlightenment promote around the world in the 18th Century? | Revolution against governments |
| Which world leaders were influenced by the Enlightenment? | American & French revolutionaries |
| What did the Age of Enlightenment apply to the human and natural world? | Reason |
| How did the Enlightenment affect religion? | Stimulated religious TOLERATION |
| Which Enlightenment thinker believed religious toleration should triumph over fanaticism? | Voltaire |
| Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the concept of "separation of church and state"? | Voltaire |
| Which 3 areas of life the did the Enlightenment affect? | Political, religious, & social ideas |
| Which Enlightenment thinker wrote "The Spirit of Laws"? | Montesquieu |
| Which Enlightenment thinker promoted that government is a CONTRACT between rulers? | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Which Enlightenment thinker wrote "Two Treatises on Government"? | John Locke |
| In the writings of "Two Treatises on Government", what 2 points were made? | 1-people are sovereign; 2-people agree to governmental rule for protection of natural rights of life, liberty & property |
| Which Enlightenment thinker is most opposite of John Locke? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which Enlightenment thinker wrote "Leviathan"? | Thomas Hobbes |
| What were the two points made in the ideals of "Leviathan"? | 1-humans exist in a primitive state of nature; 2-humans give consent to government for self-protection |
| What thinker encouraged separation of powers? | Montesquieu |
| Who wrote "The Social Contract"? | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |