The Enlightenment and the American Revolution (1700-1800) Philosophy in the Age of Reason

How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs differ from many Enlightenment thinkers? 1.Rousseau believed the good of the community as a whole was most important. 2.Rousseau believed society should place limitations on the people. 3.Rousseau believed that the interest of the individual should come first. 4.Rousseau believed that people in their natural state were immoral.

1.Rousseau believed the good of the community as a whole was most important.

Who were the physiocrats? 1.French thinkers known as philosophes 2.French thinkers who focused on economics 3.religious thinkers of the noble class 4.British scientists

2.French thinkers who focused on economics

Which phrase best describes the concept of natural law? 1.Agreement by which people give up freedom for organized society 2.Rules discoverable by reason 3.Rights that belong to all humans from birth 4.Policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

2.Rules discoverable by reason

"My trade is to say what I think." Who said this? 1.Locke 2.Voltaire 3.Diderot 4.Rousseau

2.Voltaire

Which term describes the love of, or the search for, wisdom or knowledge? 1.social contract 2.philosophy 3.natural right 4.natural law

2.philosophy

What event revolutionized thinking and led to the Enlightenment? 1.the American Revolution 2.the Scientific Revolution 3.the Reformation 4.the Franco-Prussian War

2.the Scientific Revolution

According to laissez-faire economist Adam Smith, a government should 1.Acquire gold and silver wealth through trade. 2.Impose tariffs to protect local manufacturing. 3.Let free market forces drive the economy. 4.Regulate the wages, hours, and working conditions of laborers.

3.Let free market forces drive the economy.

Physiocrats rejected mercantilism in favor of a policy of 1.social contract. 2.natural right. 3.laissez faire. 4.philosophes.

3.laissez faire

Who described the era of the 1700s as "enlightened"? 1.Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2.Thomas Hobbes 3.Mary Wollstonecraft 4.Immanuel Kant

4.Immanuel Kant

Who is the author of Leviathan? 1.Baron de Montesquieu 2.Adam Smith 3.John Locke 4.Thomas Hobbes

4.Thomas Hobbes