Thinkers
Believed in natural rights
Who is John Locke
Belief that the earth was the center of the universe
What is Geocentric Theory
French thinkers
Who are the philosophs
What was the relationship of people with government before and after the enlightenment?
What is no relationship under the king. After the Enlightenment people had power over government and what it did
The enlightenment was centered in what country?
What is France
Mary Wollstonecraft was supported what enlightenment idea?
What is equality for women
before the enlightenment people got their ideas from the church. How did the enlightenment change this?
What is we started using reason and observation to figure things out.
A meeting of intellectuals to discuss issues
What is a salon
Who came up with the idea that it was the government's job to protect the rights of the people?
Who is John Locke
agreement where people choose to give up rights to form a government for protection
What is a social contract
Used satire to push for freedom of speech
Who is Voltaire
What did Galileo prove?
What is the geocentric theory was wrong
What is absolutism?
When one person has complete control over the government and people
What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?
Representative: Individuals vote for representatives who will vote for them.
Name two effects of the invention of the printing press?
What are books became cheaper, more books were available and more people learned how to read, enlightenment ideas spread
What did Denis Diderot invent and why was it important?
What is the encyclopedia, it allowed access to information and spread new ideas
Francis Bacon came up with this new idea for studying science
What is the scientific method
This is the use of humor and sarcasm to make a point
What is satire
What is they could rebel against the government and create a new one
The enlightenment is also known as?
What is the age of reason
Beccaria thought this right was an important protection from government
What is freedom from torture
What is: people started not to trust the church, people started to find out answers on their own, people stopped believing the king was put there by god
An absolute monarch who supported the enlightenment?
What is an enlightened despot
How is the American revolution a child of the Enlightenment?
They used Locke's ideas to rebel against England and then created a government based on enlightenment ideas like democracy, basic freedoms and rights
The idea that the king was put in power by god?
What is divine right of kings