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Unit 6 Enlightenment and Revolutions

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The intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought by individuals to solve problems?Enlightenment
Which enlightenment thinker described man as rude, greedy, and selfish?Thomas Hobbes
What was Thomas Hobbes' book that described the perfect government?The Leviathan
What idea states that man gives up some of his freemdoms for an organized society?Social Contract
What idea did John Locke promote?Natural Rights
According to Locke, what are man's natural rights?Life, Liberty, and Property
Who was the French Enlightenment thinker that promoted the idea of a limited government?Montesquieu
What are the three branches of government?Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
How does one branch of government keep the other branches of government from becoming to powerful?checks and balances
According to Rousseau, what corrupted man?Civilization
According to Mary Wollstonecraft, how could women achieve equality?Education
Who was the Scottish economist that supported a free Market?Adam Smith
What book did Adam Smith write?Wealth of Nations
What were some of the significant effects of the Enlightenment?Secular out look(Math&Science), Importance of Individual, Belief in Progress
What slogan represented the colonists' complaint that they were being taxed unjustly without their consent?Taxation without representation
What document was approved July 4 1776 that listed the complaints against the King of England and declared independence?Declaration of Independence
What was the name of thedocument that created a weak national government after the American Revolution?Article of Confederation
What was added to the US Constitution to protect individual freedoms and liberties?Bill of Rights
Before the French Revolution, how what was French society divided into?Estates
Which estate made up the majority of French society?The third Estate
What was the French middle class known as?Bourgesie
What event marks the beginning of the French Revolution?Storming of the Bastille


Social Studies Teacher
Grimsley High School
NC

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