times/branches of gov
interprets the laws; court system.
what is the judicial branch?
to give permission to be governed.
what is consent?
Kings and queens.
What is monarchs?
changes.
What is reforms?
argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families.
who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
makes the laws; Senate, Congress.
What is the legislative branch?
freedom.
what is liberty?
Form of government where people choose leaders by voting
educated people.
what is scholars?
said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were learned from experiences.
who is John Locke?
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
Rights people are born with such as the right to live, be free and own property.
What is natural rights?
kings or queens that held ultimate power with no one to check on them.
What is absolute monarchy?
false beliefs.
What is superstitions?
people who studied politics, justice, liberty, property.
who is political philosophers?
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?
The idea that a king ruled by the authority of God
What is divine right of kings?
A gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
What is salon?
unfair treatment of a group of people.
What is persecution?
the change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
What is revolutionary?
enforces the laws; police, military. President.
What is the executive branch?
Dissagred with.
What is opposed?
publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books.
what is the encyclopedia?
open minded and educated
what is enlightened?
spoke out against religious intolerance. In response to his writings about the church, he was jailed at times.
what is Voltaire?