The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
World History Chapter 17 Section 1 Pages 358-362
1. What is the Enlightenment?
2. What convinced educated Europeans to accept the power of reason?
3. In the 1700s, what type of government existed in most European states?
4. How did Locke’s ideas challenge Europe’s traditional order?
5. What was the long-term effect of these ideas?
6. How did Hobbes and Locke differ in their views on the role of government?
7. Who were the Philosophes?
8. What did Voltaire attack in his writings?
9. What did Montesquieu think was necessary to protect liberty?
10.How did the beliefs of Rousseau and Voltaire differ?
11.What topics were addressed by the philosophes in their Encyclopedia
articles?
12.What are two differences between the physiocrats and the mercantilists?
13.How did Adam Smith’s ideas build upon those of the physiocrats?
14.According to Smith, what should rule the economy?