Absolutism and Revolution — Test

Question 13 • World History

Which list states events of the Enlightenment in the correct order?

Answer

i. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes. ii. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws. iii. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract. iv. The English Civil War comes to an end.

i. The English Civil War comes to an end. ii. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes. iii. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws. iv. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract.

i. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes. ii. The English Civil War comes to an end. iii. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract. iv. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws.

i. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws. ii. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract. iii. The English Civil War comes to an end. iv. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes.

Explanation

The English Civil War ended in 1651. Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651, and Locke later developed ideas about government that responded to Hobbes’s work. Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, followed by Rousseau’s The Social Contract in 1762. So the correct sequence is the English Civil War’s end, Locke building on Hobbes, Montesquieu’s publication, and then Rousseau’s publication: choice B.

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