The Enlightenment Exam Revised Questions and Answers / Sure A+

ow did others react to Voltaire's views? - The government and catholic church highly resented his views How did the Declaration of independence and Locke's ideas ignore equality in some ways? - Missed equality among race, sex, and children. While acknowledged, they were not specifically stated What did European thinkers feel about society? What did they do to fix this? - They felt as if nothing was beyond the reach of the human mind. To accomplish this, they used methods of modern science to study human behavior and solve the problems of society What did Locke say should happen to the government if people disagree with them? What impact did this have on he rest of the world? - The people should be able to overthrow the government. This idea spread through Europe and became widely known What did Montesquieu believe would greatly threaten human liberty? - if all of the executive powers joined as one (Ex. Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches) What did most Philosophes view god as? - the creator what did Rousseau believe about government? - The community or the government is more important than the people individually