What three goals did people believe reason could achieve?

Knowledge, freedom, and happiness

What did people of the Enlightenment argue that the government’s purpose was?

To protect and serve the people

Identify three political revolutions that were influenced by the Enlightenment?

Civil War & Reform in England American Revolution French Revolution

Why is the English Bill of Rights important?

It protected some rights of the people.

Which American document was heavily influenced by the writings of the Enlightenment, and who wrote it?

The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson.

Identify who belonged to each estate in France.

First Estate-Catholic clergy Second Estate-Nobility Third Estate-peasants, craftworkers, and shopkeepers, lawyers, doctors, teachers

What was the National Assembly?

A group established by the Third Estate that demanded the French king accept a new constitution limiting his powers.

What happened on July 14, 1789 in Paris?

A mob stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris, freeing prisoners, taking weapons, and destroying the building.

What 1789 constitution guaranteed French citizens some rights and made taxes fairer?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Identify four achievements of the French Revolution?

1. French peasants gained new political rights. 2. The government opened new schools. 3. The government improved wages. 4. It ended slavery in French colonies.

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6 Enlightenment Hunt

6th Grade Enlightenment Scavenger Hunt

Question	Answer
What three goals did people believe reason could achieve?	Knowledge, freedom, and happiness
Refers to a period of time when the use of reason shaped people’s ideas about society and politics.	The Enlightenment
What is another term used to describe this era?	The Age of Reason
What did people of the Enlightenment argue that the government’s purpose was?	To protect and serve the people
Which Enlightenment figure wrote that the government was a contract between a ruler and the people?	John Locke
What natural rights did this figure believe people had?	Life, liberty, and property
Which Enlightenment figure believed that the government should express the will of the people and that the government’s power came from the people?	Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Identify three political revolutions that were influenced by the Enlightenment?	Civil War & Reform in England American Revolution French Revolution
Why is the English Bill of Rights important?	It protected some rights of the people.
Which American document was heavily influenced by the writings of the Enlightenment, and who wrote it?	The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson.
Identify who belonged to each estate in France.	First Estate-Catholic clergy Second Estate-Nobility Third Estate-peasants, craftworkers, and shopkeepers, lawyers, doctors, teachers
What was the National Assembly?	A group established by the Third Estate that demanded the French king accept a new constitution limiting his powers.
What happened on July 14, 1789 in Paris?	A mob stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris, freeing prisoners, taking weapons, and destroying the building.
What 1789 constitution guaranteed French citizens some rights and made taxes fairer?	The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
What name is given to the bloody time period in the French Revolution when the government killed opponents and others at the guillotine?	Reign of Terror
Identify four achievements of the French Revolution?	1. French peasants gained new political rights. 2. The government opened new schools. 3. The government improved wages. 4. It ended slavery in French colonies.

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