Age of Reason
Another name for the Enlightenment
What is the Age of Reason?
Philosopher who believed in natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Basic right people are born with
What are natural rights?
Small books used to spread ideas
What are pamphlets?
What is the American Revolution?
Time period of the Enlightenment
What is the 1600s–1700s?
Philosopher who supported free speech
Who is Voltaire?
Government power divided into parts
What is separation of powers?
Gatherings to discuss ideas
What are salons?
Another revolution influence by these ideas
What is the French Revolution?
What people used instead of tradition
What is reason? (What is Logic or What is Science?)
Philosopher who believed in separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
Agreement between people and government
What is the social contract?
Technology that helped ideas spread quickly?
What is the printing press?
Value we still have today from Enlightenment
What are rights/freedom/equality?
Movement that inspired the Enightenment
What is the Scientific Revolution?
Philosopher who believed in the social contract
Who is Rousseau
Freedom supported by Voltaire
Why spreading ideas was important
What is Helped more people learn and question?
Type of government influenced?
What is democracy?
Why people began question authority
They wanted facts, logic, and fairness
Locke's three natural rights
What are life, liberty, and property?
What governments should do for citizens
Protect rights and serve the people
Who benefited most from shared ideas
Who is The public or who are the common people
Why the Enlightenment still matters today
Why it shaped modern laws and rights?