Enlightenment Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions

What did John Locke contribute to the Enlightenment? Said that people have natural rights to "life, liberty and property" (in Declaration of Independence). What did Thomas Hobbes contribute to the Enlightenment? He said that we need a king that can protect the people and make trusted decisions for them. What did Voltaire contribute to the Enlightenment? Stated that people should have freedoms of thought, speech, and religion (which inspired the 1st Amendment in the US Constitution) What did Rousseau contribute to the Enlightenment? Said that power corrupts people and that people should give up their power to be ruled by the "general will of authority." What were the effects of the Scientific Revolution on the society of Europe? People had a different way of thought and of viewing the world. People believed that the world could progress and be perfected. Moreover, science ideas brought the European governments to the ground.