Enlightenment Revolution Questions
and Answers Graded A
Enlightenment ✔✔the use of reason in guiding people's thoughts about philosophy, society and
politics
Secular ✔✔non- religious
Voltaire ✔✔Mocked religion in his writings
Believed that humans could improve their own existence
Disapproved of censorship
Salon ✔✔a social gathering held to discuss ideas
Women often hosted salons
Mary Wollstonecraft ✔✔Argued that women should have the same rights as men
Adam Smith ✔✔Believed that economics was governed by natural laws
, Argued that the government should not try to control the economy
Believed that an economy would grow if individuals were free to make their own choices
John Locke ✔✔argued for government to be a contract between the ruler and the people
thought that government only existed for the good of the people
declared that all people had certain natural rights including rights to life, liberty and property
believed that the government should protect the natural rights
Enlightened despots ✔✔Outside France, some monarchs started to apply Enlightenment ideas to
government
These rulers are known as enlightened despots
Natural rights ✔✔Locke declared that all people had certain natural rights including rights to
life, liberty and property
Montesquieu ✔✔Claimed that government should be divided into separate branches of
government known as separation of power
None of the branches could control the government completely
and Answers Graded A
Enlightenment ✔✔the use of reason in guiding people's thoughts about philosophy, society and
politics
Secular ✔✔non- religious
Voltaire ✔✔Mocked religion in his writings
Believed that humans could improve their own existence
Disapproved of censorship
Salon ✔✔a social gathering held to discuss ideas
Women often hosted salons
Mary Wollstonecraft ✔✔Argued that women should have the same rights as men
Adam Smith ✔✔Believed that economics was governed by natural laws
, Argued that the government should not try to control the economy
Believed that an economy would grow if individuals were free to make their own choices
John Locke ✔✔argued for government to be a contract between the ruler and the people
thought that government only existed for the good of the people
declared that all people had certain natural rights including rights to life, liberty and property
believed that the government should protect the natural rights
Enlightened despots ✔✔Outside France, some monarchs started to apply Enlightenment ideas to
government
These rulers are known as enlightened despots
Natural rights ✔✔Locke declared that all people had certain natural rights including rights to
life, liberty and property
Montesquieu ✔✔Claimed that government should be divided into separate branches of
government known as separation of power
None of the branches could control the government completely
