Answer:
People have the right to question their government.
Government protects certain rights of citizens.
Explanation:
The Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was a period of intellectual revolution that spread through Europe, and then to American colonies, during the 18th century. This movement emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism. Philosophers believed that reason and science were more important than superstition and blind faith. The ability to reason became the most significant human ability. As these ideas spread, people began questioning their government and society. Liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state were important new ideals at the time, and government and society, which were still somewhat similar to the ones of the Middle Ages, had to change.
<span>The system of cooperation known as feudalism ended around the 15th century.
Feudalism was a complex system of relationships between people of different classes. The king stood at the top of the system, and nobles were viewed as holding their lands in exchange for their military service to the king. The nobles then had vassals underneath them. And at the bottom of the system, depending on the upper classes for protection and laws, were the peasants, who gave a share of their produce to the lords above them as their part of the exchange.
As a dominant system of society in Western Europe, feudalism had faded by 1500. One reason was that kings had begun to employ professional soldiers for their armies, rather than relying on the nobles to be called upon when needed. Also, the plague of the Black Death that swept through Europe in the 14th century had disrupted the relationships between the nobility and the lower classes. Aspects of feudalism persisted in Europe for a couple centuries, but the full system had reached the end of its dominance in society by the 15th century. In France, all last vestiges of feudalism were abolished during the French Revolution of the 18th century.</span>
Yes, Baron De Montesquieu believed that government was based on a contract between people and the ruler, which he an other Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke referred to as the "Social Contract".
Correct answer choice is:
A. With more than one branch of power.
Explanation:
Montesquieu declared the concept of separating government authority into three categories the "separation of powers." He considered it most necessary to build separate departments of administration with identical but distinct powers. Montesquieu ended that the genuine style of government transpired one in which the authoritative, administrator and judicial authorities remained separate and kept each other in control to stop any department from growing too robust. He concluded that combining these strengths, as in the kingship of Louis XIV, would drive to imperialism.
