Enlightenment
Another name for the Enlightenment.
Who is the Age of Reason?
“I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Who is Voltaire?
Thomas Hobbes’ work where he outlines his concept of the social contract.
What is Leviathan?
I believe that an absolute monarchy is the best form of government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Thomas Jefferson borrowed the ideas of John Locke when we wrote this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Rousseau’s ideas about government and equality inspired the leaders of this revolution.
Who is the French Revolution?
“ [without government, mans life would be] nasty, brutish, and short.”
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
John Locke’s essay which influenced Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Two Treatises of Government?
I believe that if government doesn’t protect the natural rights of the people, they have the right to overthrow it.
Who is John Locke?
The self-educated former slave who led the revolution against France in Haiti.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
The concepts the philosophers hoped to discover to help them understand what governs human behavior.
What are natural laws?
“[Man has natural rights to] Life, Liberty, and Property.”
Who is John Locke?
The ideas in this work by Baron de Montesquieu were used as a basis for the U.S. Constitution.
What is The Spirit of Laws?
I studied the British government when developing my ideas of separation of governmental powers.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This Venezuelan creole was the leading figure in the fight for South American independence from Spain.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
Ladies of the aristocracy helped to spread Enlightenment ideas by holding these meetings.
What are salons?
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.”
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
The use of this style of writing got Voltaire in trouble with the king and the Church.
What is satire?
I believe in the separation of church and state.
Who is Voltaire?
The revolution in this French colony was inspired by Enlightenment ideas.
What is Haiti?
The ideas of the Enlightenment led to revolutions in these New World colonies.
What are the Spanish Latin Americas and the French colony of Haiti?
Jean Jacques Rousseau’s work where he outlines his ideas regarding the consent of the governed.
What is The Social Contract?
I believe that legitimate government comes from the consent of the people.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
Simon Bolivar was the president of this land in South America after defeating the Spanish.
What is Gran Colombia?