Enlightenment Thinkers

question 36

Multiple Choice

Enlightenment thinkers

• A)believed that reason could be used to improve society and human nature.
• B)argued that all religions were for the unenlightened and the foolish.
• C)were not influenced by scientists like Sir Isaac Newton.
• D)valued only financial gain.
• E)believed that politics was a foolish waste of time.

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Definitions:

Bequest

The act of giving property or money to someone else after one's death through a will.

Devise

In law, a gift of real property by will.

Intestacy Statutes

Laws that determine how a person's property is distributed if they die without a valid will.

Uniform Probate Code

A statute that clarifies laws that govern transfers accomplished through wills and trusts.