Enlighten People
This Englishman argued human nature is a blank slate, or tabula rasa, and ideals were implemented in developing the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
Was the mother of Joseph II
Who is Maria Theresa?
This Philosophe said "Cogito ergo sum" or "I think, therefore, I am"
Who is Rene Descartes?
Lord Edward Herbert of Cherbury developed this idea that you can firmly believe in God, but reject organized religion
What is Deism?
Was one of the most important feminist thinker of the Enlightenment, pushing for the education of women and wrote a Vindication of the Rights of Women
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This person coined the "motto" of the Enlightenment, "Saere aude" or "dare to know"
Who is Immanuel Kant?
This Enlightened Monarch had to put down a peasant rebellion
Who is Catherine the Great?
She held lavish parties called Salons that discussed new Enlightenment theories and ideas
Who is Madame de Pomadour?
This became the basis for the Scientific Method and a driving force from the Enlighten thinkers to challenging previous held ideals
What is reason or rationalism?
This enlightenment thinker believed that natural rights included "life, liberty, and estate"
Who is John Locke?
This French judge argued for the separation of powers and favored constitutional monarchy like the British model over democracy
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This Enlightenment leader loved all things French and wanted to modernize Prussia
Who is Frederick the Great?
This satirist was the most popular of the Philosophes and lived for a time with Frederick the Great
Who is Voltaire?
Thomas Hobbes believed that people needed this type of rulers because people would eventually find themselves in conflict and chaos
What is authoritarian?
This women rights activist was considered more radical than Mary Wollstonecraft and was guillotined during the French Revolution
Who was Olympe de Gouges
Isaac Newton used this to test and prove the Universal Law of Gravity
What is the Scientific Method?
This Enlightenment ruler actually emancipated the serfs of his kingdom?
Who is Joseph II?
This was a publication was a major achievement for the philosophes?
What is Encyclopedie?
Knowledge is achieved through observation
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This person believed that humans can realistically strive for "perfectibility" in all areas of life
Who is the Marquis de Condorcet?
This ruler could be seen as the most progressive of the Enlightened Monarchs, which led them to being assassinated by the nobility?
Who is Gustav III?
This philosophe believed in a "social contract" between a government and its obligated members
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Adam Smith pushed this economic ideology to "let people do as they choose", a basis for a capitalist society
What is "Laissez-Faire"?
Thomas Jefferson was influenced by these two Enlightenment thinkers in writing the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu?