Enlightenment Ideas and the Founding Fathers
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What new set of ideas swept through England and France starting in the late 1600s?

  • The Age of Absolutism
  • The Age of Industrialization
  • The Age of Enlightenment (correct)
  • The Age of Feudalism

    • According to John Locke, what did he believe about people's natural rights?

  • People had no natural rights, only those granted by the government
  • Natural rights belonged only to the ruling class
  • All men were born free and equal in rights (correct)
  • Natural rights were determined by one's social status

    • What was Rousseau's idea about the authority of rulers and government?

  • Rulers and government had no authority over the people
  • Rulers and government only had the authority that the people permitted or granted them (correct)
  • Rulers and government had unlimited authority over the people
  • Rulers and government derived their authority from divine right

    • What was the main purpose of government according to Jefferson?

    <p>To protect the rights of the people</p> Signup and view all the answers

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