The -Ism
The support for women to gain their rights
Feminism
Created "The Spirit of Laws", was the inspiration for the Checks and Balances system
Baron Montesquieu
An economic system in which the means of production, such as factories and natural resources, are privetly owned and are operated for profit
Capitalism
Wrote "Common Sense", one major cause of the American Revolution
Tomas Paine
The belief that a divinity simply set natural laws in motion
Deism
Viewed political life as a social contract, and made they idea that citizens have the right to overthrow an unjust government
John Locke
The desire of Jews to reestablish an independent homeland in the Middle East
Zionism
Was a contemporary of Voltaire, Expanded on the idea of social contracts
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The movement to end the Atlantic slave trade and free all enslaved people
Abolitionism
One of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightment, created "The Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith