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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 is the Enlightenment
people who studied politics, justice, liberty, property
what is political philosophers
publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books
what is Encyclopedia
kings and queens
what is monarchs
form of government where people choose leaders by voting
what is Democracy
time in the 1500s and 1600s where scientists tried to explain the workings of the universe by using logic, reason and science
what is Scientific Revolution
educated people
what are scholars
the idea that a king ruled by the authority of God.
what is the divine right of kings
to give permission to be governed
what is consent
disagreed with
what is opposed
a gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
what is salons
changes
what are reforms
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 monarchs
false beliefs
what is superstition
unfair treatment of a group of people
what is persecution
freedom
what is liberty
open-minded and educated
what is enlightened
the change from one way of doing something in society to another way.
what is revolutionary
interprets the laws; court system
what is the Judicial Branch
makes the laws; Senate, Congress
what is the Legislative Branch
enforces the laws; police, military. President
what is the executive branch
said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were
who is John Locke
argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families
who is Mary Wollstonecraft
spoke out against religious intolerance. In response to his writings about the church, he was jailed at times
who is Voltaire