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Enlightenment

Match the following philosophers to the correct content or significance of the document (John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes)

  1. Wrote Two Treatises of Government

    Answer: John Locke

  2. Wrote The Spirit of Laws

    Answer: Montesquieu

  3. Author of The Social Contract

    Answer: Rousseau

  4. Believed the purpose of government is to provide the greatest good for the greatest number

    Answer: Hobbes

  5. Government should protect life, liberty, and property

    Answer: John Locke

  6. People have a right to overthrow an unjust government

    Answer: John Locke

  7. The individual should sacrifice self-interest in favor of the common good

    Answer: Rousseau

  8. Advocated three branches of government to balance power

    Answer: Montesquieu

  9. His writings became the basis for system of checks and balances

    Answer: Montesquieu

  10. Identified natural rights common to all people

    Answer: Rousseau

  11. Believed protections of the laws allow men to retain equality

    Answer: Montesquieu

 

 

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