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Why did T. Hobbes believe that a country should be ruled by a king/queen with absolute power?
So people would not bicker/fight about equality all the time
So different people share the power to make/enforce laws
So the church could have too much control
So laws would be made wisely & efficiently
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John Locke and Rousseau would be most likely to support
A return to feudalism (landlord) in Europe
A society in which the people choose (voted) the ruler
A society ruled by the Catholic Church
A government ruled by a divine right monarchy
3
Voltaire didn't believe in censorship and the church having too much power which lead to
Right to bear arms and maintain a militia
Freedom of speech and religion
Right to a trial by jury and right to an attorney
Right to a speedy trial and elected judges
4
Philosophers wrote books/held meetings(salons)/spread their ideas about political change during
1700-1900
1400-1600
1500-1700
1600-1800
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Writers & philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that the govt decisions should be based on
Laws of nature and reason
The concept of the divine right of king
Fundamental religious beliefs
Traditional values
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John Locke believed this should happen if government did not protect the rights of its citizens
Revolution
Turn to the Church for guidance
Keep going on accepting the rule of the king
Nothing
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With which statement would Enlightenment thinkers most agree?
A strong military gov't is needed to keep the people in line
The right to rule comes from the consent of the people
The only important part of society is the economy
The right to rule comes from God
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All humans are born free & equal w/ right to life & liberty, gov't must protect natural rights
ideology of the Enlightenment
ideology of authoritarianism
ideology of absolutism
ideology of Thomas Hobbes
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Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in
Promoting increased power for European monarchs
Supporting the divine right of kings
Debating the role of the church in society
Changing the relationship between people & their government
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When philosophers used reason to figure out how society should govern/rule/organize themselves
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Age of Exploration
Reformation
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Glorious Revolution + Parliament = document that influenced our Constitution & its Amendments
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Fleur de lis
Mayflower Compact
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U.S. Dec. of Ind. & the French Dec. of the Rights of Man and of Citizen were influenced by whom
George Washington
King George III
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
13
Equality & natural rights found in our Declaration of Independence are based on the beliefs of
Montesquieu
Bacon
Locke
Darwin
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If Montesquieu were to visit the U.S. today he would be pleased to see his ideas in the
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Three branches of government
System of fifty states
15
A European king/queen who has total power over his people is said to be a(n)
Shah
Absolute monarch
Emperor
Dynasty
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What is Montesquieu’s view of the responsibility of citizens in a democracy?
to vote for their leaders
to lobby rich representatives for new laws
to give absolute power to kings/queens
to respond to public opinion polls
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The idea, “Everyone has the natural right to life, liberty, and property” is from this period.
Pax Romana
Enlightenment
Age of Exploration
Age of Imperialism
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Kings/Queens during the age of absolutism believed their power came from
Law & Constitution
God (Divine)
The will of the people
Being an intelligent and fair leader
19
How was the Enlightenment
SIMILAR to
the Renaissance?
Both highly valued reason and observation
all of the answer choices
Both emphasized the rights of the individual
Both questioned the power of the Church
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The event when Great Britain moved away from absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy is
The War of the Roses
Glorious Revolution
The Civil War
The Hundred Years War
