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Enlightenment thinkers
Question | Answer |
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Popular with American Patriots (2 Answers) | John Locke/Baron |
Wanted separation of powers in government. | Baron |
Did not feel everyone was equal. | Baron |
Defended a person’s right to free speech. | Voltaire |
Wrote the Social Contract to suggest all citizens should have direct say in government. | Rousseau |
Advocated for women’s political rights. | Mary |
Was an atheist. | Diderot |
Organized the Encyclopedia. | Diderot |
Advocated tolerance of all religions. | Voltaire |
Only Puritan Thinker. | Voltaire |
Believed man was born with a sinful nature. | Hobbes |
Wrote the Leviathan. | Hobbes |
Believed government got its power from the people. | Rousseau |
Wrote Satires to criticize the monarchs. | Voltaire |
Believed people were more affected by environment than heredity. | Voltaire |
Believed the job of government was to protect individual rights of people. | Locke |
Used his inheritance and position to help society. | Baron |
Believed government got its power from the people. | Hobbes |
Believed in direct democracy. | Rousseau |
Believed man was good, but corrupted by society (2 Answers). | Diderot/Rousseau |
Advocated for women’s rights at home. | Locke |
Approved slavery. | Baron |
Loved the study of biology. | Diderot |
Believed men were responsible for inequality. | Mary |
Believed human nature could be perfected with improved education. | Rousseau |
Believed that absolute rule would provide social order. | Hobbes |
Influenced a part of the Constitution. | Baron |
Believed in freedom of religion. | Baron |
Was forced to flee during the English Civil War because he disagreed with the king. | Locke |