Starter quiz
- The Scientific Revolution began in the ______ century.
- 'sixteenth' ✓
- 'What is Enlightenment?' was written by ...
- Kant ✓
- Locke
- Voltaire
- Hume
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- The ______ banned many books written by Enlightenment philosophers.
- 'Church' ✓
- Philosophers such as John Locke in England, Voltaire in France and David Hume in Scotland demanded the separation of Church and ...
- 'government' ✓
- Which monarch did Kant praise?
- Frederick II of Prussia ✓
- Louis XVI of France
- Charles II of England
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- Some Enlightenment thinkers believed all races were ______, but many did not.
- 'equal' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which monarch formed the Royal Society in 1662?
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Charles II of England ✓
- Louis XVI of France
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- The Enlightenment brought the inoculation of which disease to Britain?
- cholera
- polio
- smallpox ✓
- bubonic plague
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- Which Enlightenment philosopher criticised the amount of scientific experimentation that was taking place?
- Rousseau ✓
- Voltaire
- Hume
- Locke
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- John Locke came up with the idea that there was an agreement in which people followed the laws of a government in return for protection and freedom, known as a ...
- 'social contract' ✓
- Adam Smith criticised the British East India Company's ______ on trade between Britain and India.
- 'monopoly' ✓
- Which Enlightenment philosopher tried to separate humans into different classes of race?
- Hume
- Locke
- Voltaire
- Diderot ✓
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Key learning points
- Enlightenment ideas around observation, experience and experiment helped pave the way for greater scientific thought.
- The Enlightened thinkers believed that governments should work for the benefit of the people.
- More people believed in the idea that people should be able to hold their governments to account.
- Some Enlightened thinkers began to question ideas of monopolies and trade, arguing they should benefit all, not a few.
- Some Enlightened thinkers developed racist ideas of European superiority and African inferiority.
Common misconception
All Enlightenment thinkers were racist.
Some Enlightenment thinkers promoted racist theories while others advocated for equality.
Keywords
Enlightenment - the Enlightenment was a movement in the 1600s and 1700s that promoted the use of reason and questioned authority
Social contract - a social contract is an agreement that rulers should govern in a way that benefits the people in exchange for having power over them
Monopoly - when one group has total control over an area of business or trade, this is known as a monopoly
Paradox - a paradox is when a statement or idea appears to contradict itself
Colonialism - colonialism involves taking control of another country and taking advantage of its resources and people
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