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| The Enlightenment sought to apply the use of reason to what areas of life? | Government and philosophy |
| This English writer believed the best form of government was an absolute monarchy because people needed strong control and protection? | Thomas Hobbes |
| What book did Thomas Hobbes write? | Leviathan |
| What writer thought people were good and had natural rights? | John Locke |
| According to Locke, what are natural rights? | Life, Liberty, and Property |
| According to Locke, what are people allowed to do if a government is unfair and abusive? | Revolt and overthrow it |
| What French philosopher said the best form of government would include a separation of powers? | Baron von Montesquieu |
| What book did Montesquieu write? | The Spirit of Laws |
| According to Rousseau, government is a contract between who? | The ruler and the ruled |
| What book did Rousseau write? | The Social Contract |
| What philosopher emphasized the use of reason, religious tolerance, freedom of speech , and separation of church and state? | Voltaire |
| The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced what American? | Thomas Jefferson |
| The United States incorporated Enlightenment ideals into what documents? | The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. |
| The ideas of the Enlightenment can be credited with influencing revolutions in what countries? | The United States and France. |
| The Enlightenment also encouraged change in what other fields? | Art & Literature |
| Name two famous composers of the Enlightenment time period | Bach and Mozart |
| Who was a famous painter of the time? | Eugene Delacroix, painted “Liberty leading the people” |
| Who wrote the first novel? | Miguel Cervantes, wrote Don Quixote |
| What new technologies were also developed during the Enlightenment era? | Better roads, farming techniques, ship design. |
