Enlightenment

Last updated about 5 years ago

36 questions

Enlightenment

Last updated about 5 years ago

36 questions

Some salon gatherings would have a central theme or question. What is one topic you would like to see debated between your guests?

Why did the Catholic Church ban the Encylopedia?

Give me an example of a person in power who rules with a Hobbes attitude.

What should you do if the government fails to protect your rights?

What questions do you have about our government system?

In a system where there are limits on what people can say... who should get to decide what is allowed and not allowed?

What would you do with absolute power as a ruler of a small kingdom?

How would making nobles live at the palace of Versailles be a way to control them?

Why do you think both Peter the Great and Louis XIV focused on controlling their nobles?

What is a coup d'etat?

Name a modern country governed by a theocracy. ( you can google it)

What is a constitution?

What kinds of reforms did enlightend despots make?

Should Enlightened Despots be praised for their good deeds or villafied for the conquest and partition of Poland? Or is there an area in between? Explain your answer.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment

Some salon gatherings would have a central theme or question. What is one topic you would like to see debated between your guests?

Why did the Catholic Church ban the Encylopedia?

Give me an example of a person in power who rules with a Hobbes attitude.

What should you do if the government fails to protect your rights?

What questions do you have about our government system?

In a system where there are limits on what people can say... who should get to decide what is allowed and not allowed?

What would you do with absolute power as a ruler of a small kingdom?

How would making nobles live at the palace of Versailles be a way to control them?

Why do you think both Peter the Great and Louis XIV focused on controlling their nobles?

What is a coup d'etat?

Name a modern country governed by a theocracy. ( you can google it)

What is a constitution?

What kinds of reforms did enlightend despots make?

Should Enlightened Despots be praised for their good deeds or villafied for the conquest and partition of Poland? Or is there an area in between? Explain your answer.

Some salon gatherings would have a central theme or question. What is one topic you would like to see debated between your guests?

Why did the Catholic Church ban the Encylopedia?

What do YOU think life was like for man in the "state of nature", or the time before government? Explain in writing OR draw a picture showing how people would treat eachother if there were no government at all.

Give me an example of a person in power who rules with a Hobbes attitude.

What should you do if the government fails to protect your rights?

What questions do you have about our government system?

What changes would you make to our government?

In a system where there are limits on what people can say... who should get to decide what is allowed and not allowed?

What would you do with absolute power as a ruler of a small kingdom?

How would making nobles live at the palace of Versailles be a way to control them?

Look at the quote under Louis XIV. What does he mean by this quote?

Why do you think both Peter the Great and Louis XIV focused on controlling their nobles?

What is a coup d'etat?

Name a modern country governed by a theocracy. ( you can google it)

What is a constitution?

How is a constitutional government different from an absolute monarchy?

What kinds of reforms did enlightend despots make?

Should Enlightened Despots be praised for their good deeds or villafied for the conquest and partition of Poland? Or is there an area in between? Explain your answer.

Which European empires had property on more than one continent?

Which empire controlled trade between Europe, Asia and Africa?

Only people who had similar beliefs and values were invited to salons.

Everyone has to sign a social contract.

What does the social contract theory explain?

Why does Hobbes think an absolute monarchy is best?

Click on your natural rights according to Locke.

What changes would you make to our government?

Consider Voltaire's quote. What are your thoughts on the Freedom of Speech.?

Click on the ways that Louis XIV exercised absolute power..

Look at the quote under Louis XIV. What does he mean by this quote?

Which dynasty was overthrown by the Qing?

Do people have rights under a dictatorship?

What did the Tokugawa Shogunate have in common with European absolute monarchies?

How is a constitutional government different from an absolute monarchy?

What do YOU think life was like for man in the "state of nature", or the time before government?

Explain in writing OR draw a picture showing how people would treat eachother if there were no government at all.