Form 11: Enlightenment Philosophy and the Social Contract Exercise

Form 11: Enlightenment Philosophy and the Social Contract

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Form 11: Enlightenment Philosophy and the Social Contract

Examine how Enlightenment philosophy and the concept of the social contract shaped American political thought.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What was the Enlightenment?

  2. MultiChoice

    Which thinker developed the idea that rulers govern only with the consent of the governed?

  3. MultiChoice

    Which Enlightenment philosopher advocated for dividing governmental power into separate branches?

  4. MultiChoice

    What was the title of John Locke's famous 1689 work on government?

  5. MultiChoice

    What is 'popular sovereignty'?

  6. MultiChoice

    What is the 'Divine Right of Kings', which Enlightenment thinkers rejected?

  7. MultiChoice

    How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau describe the relationship between citizens and government?

  8. MultiChoice

    According to Enlightenment philosophy, when is revolution justified?

  9. MultiChoice

    Which French Enlightenment thinker strongly defended freedom of speech and religion?

  10. MultiChoice

    What did philosophers mean by the term 'state of nature'?

  11. MultiChoice

    Where did Thomas Jefferson draw ideological inspiration for the Preamble of the Declaration?

  12. MultiChoice

    What core Enlightenment value does the Declaration of Independence embody?