Enlightenment

Which of the following was written by John Locke and advocated natural rights protected through a social contract?

Who believed that the government's powers should be separated and checked?

What was the person who promoted a separation of powers also known as?

Which of the following documents were inspired by the Enlightenment?

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers believed that women should get an education?

What was written by Mary Wollstonecraft?

Who wrote Leviathan and believed that people needed a strong government?

Who was an important publisher of the Encyclopedia and helped spread Enlightenment ideas?

Who believed that people should “Dare to know?”

The Enlightenment focused on the following:

What were those natural rights?

Who believed that the general will of the people was the most important part of a social contract?

Who believed that people start off as blank slates and have natural rights?

What was written by Adam Smith and advocated a capitalist economic system?

Who believed that people are naturally selfish, wicked and destined to live short lives without a strong government?

Which of the following revolutions were inspired by the Enlightenment?

What was the author of Candide also known as?

Who wrote on Crimes and Punishments and advocated prison reform?

Who wrote Candide and advocated freedom of speech and religion?

In what book did Baron de Montesquieu write about the need for checks and balances between three branches of government?

The Enlightenment was inspired in part by what two previous events?

Which document was heavily inspired by the belief that the government should protect natural rights?

What is the idea that people exchange their rights in return for protection by the government?

What were often hosted by influential women?