Enlightenment Thinkers
This philosopher did not trust people to govern themselves. Instead he thought that because people were selfish and brutish in nature, they needed an absolute monarch to control them.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
Rights that all humans have that may not be infringed.
What are Natural Rights
This philosopher helped compile and edit information into the Enclycopedie
Who is Diderot
Mary Wollstonecraft took the idea of "natural rights" from this philosopher and applied it to women's rights
Who is Voltaire
Name three philosophers from the Enlightenment
Who are Wollstonecraft, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Locke, Hobbes
This philosopher argued that "natural rights" applied to women as well as men.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft
This phrase is used by Montesquieu to describe splitting the government into three separate branches
Seperation of powers
Mary Wollstonecraft argues for women's education and participation in this book
What is a Vindication of the Rights of Women
This Enlightened Despot was pen pals with Voltaire and created an educational institution for women.
Who is Catharine the Great?
Name three social or political reform movements influenced by the Enlightenment
This philosopher advocated for a separation of powers between branches of government.
Who is Montesquieu
An absolute monarch influenced by Enlightenment ideals.
What is an Enlightened Despot
Jean Jacque Rousseau says that the people and the government create this
What is The Social Contract
This economic institution was abolished in Britain thanks in part to the efforts of Thomas Clackson and William Wilberforce
What is the slave trade
The three natural rights identified by John Locke.
What is life, liberty, and property
This philosopher argued that governments and the people enter an agreement to be governed under the same laws.
Who is Jean Jacque Rousseau
This word means "put an end to" and is commonly used in reference to the slave trade
Abolition
Voltaire wrote this satirical piece criticizing European society.
What is Candide
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were both influenced in their beliefs on government due to their connections to this war.
What is the English Civil War
The three branches of government that must share power according to Montesquieu
What is legislative, executive, and judicial
Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Likely inspired by this Enlightened philosopher.
Who is John Locke
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
This quote, often attributed to Voltaire, is a representation of this Enlightenment idea
What is freedom of speech
In this book, Thomas Hobbes likens government to this mythical creature of the same name
What is Leviathan
Name three enlightened despots
Catherine the Great, Frederick the Great, Joseph II