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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 was the Enlightenment?
Argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families.
What was Mary Wollstonecraft?
Form of government where people choose leaders by voting.
What is a democracy.
Changes
What is Reforms?
Disagreed with
What is Opposed.
Said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were learned from experiences.
What was John Locke?
Interprets the laws; court system.
What is Judicial Branch.
Publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books.
What is encyclopedia?
False beliefs
What is superstition?
Kings and Queens
What are monarchs?
Enforces the laws; police, military. President.
What is Executive Branch?
A gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
What is salons.
Freedom
What is liberty?
Educated people
What are scholars?
Makes the laws; Senate, Congress.
What is Legislative Branch.
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 was the Scientific Revolution.
Unfair treatment of a group of people.
What is persecution?
Spoke out against religious intolerance. In response to his writings about the church, he was jailed at times.
What was Voltaire?
Rights people are born with such as the right to live, be free and own property.
What is natural rights?
The change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
What is revolutionary.
To give permission to be governed.
What is consent?