ENLIGHTENMENT 1
Educated people.
What is, Scholars?
Changes.
What is, reforms?
Disagreed with.
What is,opposed?
False beliefs.
What is,superstition?
Freedom
What is,liberty?
People who studied politics, justice, liberty, property.
What is, political philosophers?
Spoke out against religious intolerance. In response to his writings about the church, he was jailed at times
Who was,Voltaire
Said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were learned from experiences.
Who was,John Locke
Unfair treatment of a group of people.
what is,persecution?
Argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families
Who was, Mary Wollstonecraft?
Makes the laws; Senate, Congress.
What is the, Legislative Branch?
The idea that a king ruled by the authority of God.
What is,divine rights of kings?
Form of government where people choose leaders by voting.
What is, a Democracy?
The change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
What is revolutionary?
Kings and queens.
What is, a monarch?
Kings or queens that held ultimate power with no one to check on them.
What are, absolute monarchs?
Interprets the laws; court system.
What is the, judicial branch?
Open minded or educated.
What is,enlightened?
Rights people are born with such as the right to live, be free and own property
What are, natural rights?
Enforces the laws; police, military. President.
What is the, legislative branch
A time beginning in the 1600’s and lasting until the 1700’s in which philosophers used reason to seek truths about human nature; also known as the Age of Reason.
What is, The Enlightenment?
A time in the 1500’s and 1600’s where scientists tried to explain the workings of the universe by using logic, reason and science.
What is,The Scientific Revolution?
A gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
What is a, Salon?
Publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books.
What is an,encyclopedia?
Argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families.
Who is, Mary Wollstonecraft?