Enlightenment Thinkers
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- Q1This mathematician made the statement "I think, therefore I am" indicating that people are important because of their ability to reason.Rene DescartesVoltaireJohn LockeJean Jacques Rousseau30s
- Q2This Enlightenment thinker gave us the idea of separation of powers and the three branches of government.Rene DescartesBaron de MontesquieuDavid HumeVoltaire30s
- Q3This Enlightenment thinker felt that if government does not do the will of the people, we must abolish it.Nicolas CopernicusJohn LockeRene DescartesFrancis Bacon30s
- Q4When most felt the Earth was at he center of the universe, this thinker introduced he Heliocentric theory making him dangerous to the ruler.GallileoJean Jacques RousseauCopernicusMontesquieu30s
- Q5This philosopher during the French Revolution believed that government was a social contract and that we are corrupted by society.DescartesJohn LockeJean Jacques RousseauVoltaire30s
- Q6This Enlightenment thinker was known as the father of capitalism (our economic system) and that labor or the people are the backbone of the system.Francis BaconJohn LockeAdam SmithMontesquieu30s