Question

Following the Enlightenment, many Europeans began to

support the ideas of “divine right” and absolute rule.
believe people could improve their government.
worry that monarchs would always be in power.
fear that all government would be abolished.

Answer 1

believe people could improve their government.

Enlightenment thinkers (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire) argued for reason, natural rights, and the social contract, leading many Europeans to think government could be reformed or made more representative rather than justified by “divine right.”