Category 1
kings and queens
who are monarchs
interprets the laws; court system
what is the judicial branch
disagreed with
what does opposed mean
educated people
who are scholars
Changes
what is reforms
to give permission to be governed
what is consent
makes the laws; Senate, Congress
what is the legislative branch
false beliefs
what is superstition
People who studied politics, justice, liberty, property
who are political philosophers
the idea that a king ruled by the authority of God.
what is divine right of kings
publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books
what is an encyclopedia
enforces the laws; police, military. President
what is the executive branch
unfair treatment of a group of people
what is persecution
argued that the powers of government should be separated into three separate branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
open minded and educated
what is being enlightened
a gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
what are salons
the change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
what is being revolutionary
Freedom
what is liberty
argued that people are selfish and need an all-powerful government
Who is Hobbes?
rights people are born with such as the right to live, be free and own property
what are natural rights
a time beginning in the 1600s and lasting until the 1700s in which philosophers used reason to seek truths about human nature; also known as the Age of Reason
What was the Enlightenment?
A time in the 1500s and 1600s where scientists tried to explain the workings of the universe by using logic, reason, and science
What is the Scientific Revolution?
form of government where people choose leaders by voting
What is democracy
argued that people have a right to change their government government
who is John Locke?
kings or queens that held ultimate power with no one to check on them
what are absolute monarchs