American Revolution and the Enlightenment

Question 1

Which Enlightenment thinker would have believed in natural rights- life, liberty, property?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 2

Which thinker believed that a strong monarch was needed in order to rule?

Accepted Answer

Hobbes

Question 3

Geocentric Theory would be best described as the _______ is the center of the universe?

Accepted Answer

earth

Question 4

Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

Which Enlightenment thinker would have believed in natural rights- life, liberty, property?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 6

What was the cry of the colonists during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

" No taxation without representation"

Question 7

Montesquieu's theory was found in what famous US document?

Accepted Answer

US Constitution

Question 8

The best definition of the term revolution is

Accepted Answer

change

Question 9

Common Sense encouraged the American Colonists to think about...

Accepted Answer

independence

Question 10

Which thinker thought people need a social contract in order to have a successful government?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau

Question 11

Who helped to create the Scientific Method?

Accepted Answer

Sir Francis Bacon

Question 12

Which thinker used the concept of separation of powers?

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 13

What document was known as the ultimate "break up letter"?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 14

What is the purpose of the preamble?

Accepted Answer

introduction

Question 15

John Locke's theory of natural rights were put into what famous US document?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

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