Enlignt Potpourri
The center of the Age of Enlightenment? (What country?)
What is Paris, France? England is also acceptable.
Men and women Enlightenment thinkers are also referred to as.
Who are philosophers?
Held that for humans, life was "nasty, brutish, and short," and that man was essentially "bad" by nature.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Madame Geoffrin, along with many other women, contributed to the spread of Enlightenment ideas by hosting these social gatherings all over Europe
What are salons?
Revolutions that were inspired by Enlightenment ideas.
What are the American and French revolutions?
The time period of the Age of Enlightenment
What is the 17th century?
These rights were thought of by John Locke during the Enlightenment and you get them just by existing as a human being.
What are 'natural rights'?
Mary Wollstonecraft considered this the key to equality and freedom for women?
What is education?
A document inspired by Enlightenment thinkers that changed the United States and impacted England?
What is the Declaration of Independence? Bill of Rights is acceptable.
A second name for the Age of Enlightenment.
What is the Age of Reason?
One of the most important Enlightenment ideas was the theory of capitalism and _________ or hands off economics by Scottish professor Adam Smith.
What is “laissez-faire”?
Montesquieu's doctrine of separation of powers in government is where the framers of the American system got the idea to separate its government into these three branches
What is executive, legislative, and judicial?
She hosted salons and spoke her mind during the Enlightenment.
Who is Madame Geoffrin?
Most philosophes believed that this was the best form of government in order to respect citizens’ rights.
What is a limited monarchy?
The new era of Enlightenment meant that people could now do this for themselves.
What is think?
The image of God Enlightenment thinkers emphasized.
What is the creator of laws of nature?
“"I disapprove of
what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Who is Voltaire?
This was the traditional European view of women prior to the Enlightenment.
What is being housewives and mothers?
According to Locke's social contract, this gives government its authority.
What is agreement among free people.
Frequently wrote to Voltaire and considered protecting the rights of her citizens.
Who is Catherine the Great?
An old idea regarding monarchy that all Enlightenment philosophers did not believe in.
What are the 'divine rights of kings'?
The Roman Catholic clergy were the main target of this French "philosophe," who was also a champion of individual rights and religious toleration
Who is Voltaire?
Catherine the Great of Russia, Fredrick the Great of Prussia, and Joseph II of Austria try to benefit their people.
Who are 'enlightened despots'?
This was created and used to spread the ideas of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution.
What is the encyclopedia?