This document to King George III of England from the American colonists which explained their reason for revolution.

Which is NOT true about the legacy of the Enlightenment?

What is one reason American colonists protested King George III & Parliament?

According to the Declaration of Independence, what are the three inalienable rights that all people have?

When did the Declaration of Independence officially take effect?

According to Locke, Paine, and Jefferson who or what gives the government the ability to govern?

What does the following phrase from the declaration of independence mean? "All men are endowed by their Creator with certain Inalienable Rights: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"

Thomas Paine wrote what famous document, that persuaded the colonists to join the cause for independence?

Thomas Paine was...

·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...

True or false: Paine believed wanting freedom was not enough.

Who proposed independence to the Continental Congress on June 7, 1776?

Who was the ruler of England during the American Revolution?

Before declaring their independence, American colonists initially wanted the British king and parliament to recognize what?

This event illustrated the colonists displeasure with unfair British policies.

Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

Who believed there should be a separation of church and state and was a strong supporter of freedom of speech?

The beliefs of the Enlightenment Thinkers led to the American revolution in __________.

A social contract

Locke believed that people enjoyed three basic rights under natural law:

According to Locke, If the king breaks his promise to respect the rights of his individual subjects....

As part of Locke’s social contract, the community gives its powers to a ruler whom it promises to obey if the ruler protects their rights.

Montesquieu believed in

A "Social Contract" is an agreement between a ruler and whom?

This man wrote the book titled Leviathan

John Locke talked about the "Tabula Rasa" which mean everybody is born with this?

John Locke believed people have what type of rights?

According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

John Locke inspired the writing of this important document by Thomas Jefferson

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations stressed the importance of

According to Hobbes, If the king breaks his promise to respect the rights of his individual subjects....

This man wrote the book titled Candide.

This man wrote the book titled Two Treatises of Government.

Who wrote Spirit of the Laws and favored division of powers in government?

Who said: "I don't believe in a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say."

Who said: "Government has no other end, but the preservation of property."

Who said: "Man is born free but everywhere is in chains."

His concept of the "Common Good" has been misused by governments to oppress their people.

His concept of separation of powers inspired the three branches of government found in the US Constitution.

Enlightenment thinkers believed that man was in this state before entering into a social contract.

John Lock believed that natural rights came from what?

Type of government with a hereditary leader who is usually a king or queen.

Type of government in which the citizens make the decisions.

Hobbes or Locke: Man is driven by greed.

Hobbes or Locke: Citizens sacrifice their rights for protection and can't leave the social contract.

Hobbes or Locke: Believed people were basically good.

Hobbes or Locke: People have the right and duty to change a government that doesn't protect their rights.

Jefferson borrowed and altered Locke's ideas in the Declaration of Independence when he said that our basic inalienable rights are "Life, Liberty, and -------"

True or False: Government gives us our rights.

True or False: The goal of the social contract is to have no government.

True or False: The French and American Revolutions were based on ideals from the Enlightenment.

True or False: Adam Smith believed mercantilism was a good economic system.

True or False: The American Revolution started in 1789.

Which two philosophers were strong supporters of monarchy?

The Enlightenment Era was primarily during which century?

What was the major writing by Rousseau about society and government?

Which Enlightenment philosopher was a supporter of direct democracy?