Which statement best describes achange that occurred during the Enlightenment?

A new questioning spirit and attitudeemerged

Writers of the Enlightenment wereprimarily interested in which major concept?

Changing the relationship between people and their gov't

Ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, & Montesquieu influenced which changes during the Enlightenment?

movements for government reforms

In what way did Isaac Newton influence the Enlightenment thinkers?

universal laws for society like Newton’s law ofgravity

Whenever any form of gov't becomes destructive, it isthe Right of the People to abolish it.”

Social contract between government andthe people

The Magna Carta, the Petition ofRight, and the English Bill of Rights are examples that?

rulerswere responsible to the people

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Which statement best describes achange that occurred during the Enlightenment?
A new questioning spirit and attitudeemerged
Feudalism became the dominant politicalsystem
Technology and science were consideredunimportant
The use of reason and logic werediscouraged
2
Writers of the Enlightenment wereprimarily interested in which major concept?
Supporting the divine right theory
Debating the role of the church insociety
Increasing the power of European monarchs
Changing the relationship between people and their gov't
3
Ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, & Montesquieu influenced which changes during the Enlightenment?
social services for the less fortunate
movements for government reforms
the rise of communism
the rise of industrial capitalism
4
In what way did Isaac Newton influence the Enlightenment thinkers?
toanswer questions about the nature of art and religion
basedtheir ideas on religious tradition like Newton had
studiedNewton’s writings about the freedom of human beings
universal laws for society like Newton’s law ofgravity
5
What family controlled all of theshaded territory (see map) during the early 1600’s?
Stuarts
Hapsburgs .
Romanovs
Hohenzollerns
6
Whenever any form of gov't becomes destructive, it isthe Right of the People to abolish it.”
Return to a society that has no centralauthority
Social contract between government andthe people
Overthrow the government back to absolute monarchy
Need to ensure a representativegovernment
7
The Magna Carta, the Petition ofRight, and the English Bill of Rights are examples that?
rulerswere responsible to the people
religiousauthorities controlled the lawmaking process
theindividual was denied a trial by jury
thepower of the monarch came from God
8
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nationsstressed the importance of which economic concept?
government ownership of businesses
isolationism
socialism
supply and demand
9
What rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers?
divine right
natural right
social contract
natural law
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What type of government was createdin England by the Civil War and Glorious Revolution?
Democracy
Constitutional Monarcy
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship

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