Which statements accurately describe Enlightenment ideas? Choose all answers that correct A Oliver Cromwell closed Parliament by force and ruled England as a military dictator. B Many Europeans admired Benjamin Franklin for his confidence in the human ability to understand the physical and social world. C King James said that he had the power to raise money through taxes without having to ask Parliament. D John Locke wrote that the job of governments was to respect natural law and protect natural rights. E The French philosopher Voltaire believed people should be free



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I think B, D, & E



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The answers of B. D. and E. are certainly true.

Benjamin Franklin, advocate of humanism as one of the ideas of the Enlightenment, and trust in human abilities, who himself was on the side of the American Revolutionaries in the war against Britain, and thus personally followed an example of the enlightenment idea of ​​overthrowing the absolutist power and battling for emancipation. John Locke is also the supporter of the rule by the majority as a natural and necessary law, in the interests of the protection of human rights. Voltaire also advocated the freedom of people and believed in each individual's own choice when politics, religion and culture were in question.

Oliver Cromwell, who closed the Parliament and proved himself to be a dictator, and King James, who could raise money through taxes without asking Parliament, is not nearly an Enlightenment ideas.