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Many Enlightenment ideas were incorporated into

A
the laws of monarchs who believed in absolute rule.
B
the founding documents for the United States.
C
the peace treaty at the end of the English Civil War.
D
the practices and polices of the Catholic Church.
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A political effect of the Enlightenment was that

A
some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement.
B
support for rebels fighting the French Revolution decreased.
C
many people rejected the idea of representative government.
D
the constitutional monarchy in England came to an end.
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Read the passage from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government.The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom.The quotation supports Locke’s belief in

A
the need for absolute rule to keep people in control.
B
the social contract between people and government.
C
the need to keep the church separate from the state.
D
the desire for three different branches of government.

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