Crazy ideas
The Enlightenment emphasized this to find truth over blind faith in tradition or religion.
Reason
This French philosopher wrote Candide and famously mocked organized religion.
Voltaire
Voltaire wrote this book, criticising everyone he didn't like, but especially organised religion.
Candide
Constitution
The idea that governments should protect citizens' rights and can be overthrown if they fail.
Social Contract
This Scottish economist wrote The Wealth of Nations and championed free markets.
Adam Smith
Because of new ideas, this philosophy of how kings got their power lost a lot of support
The Divine Right of Kings
French people wrote a document called "The universal declaration" of what?
The belief that all individuals are born with basic principles that cannot be taken away.
Natural Rights
This English philosopher argued that people have natural rights to "life, liberty, and property."
John Locke
This enlightenment thinker said that the only problem with religion is that people follow it badly.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The enlightenment led to a revolution in this country where they executed their king with a new machine.
France
The idea that you should be able to speak your mind without punishment from the government.
Freedom of Speech
Enlightenment thinkers admired this scientist who used reason to explain the universe.
Isaac Newton
The idea that God created the world but is not involved now.
Deism
The man (not a dog) who took power in France and created a new set of laws based on the enlightenment.
Napoleon Boneparte
The idea that the government should not make decisions about religion.
Secularism
This enlightenment thinker was related to a scary monster and thought that women should go to school.
Mary Wollstonecraft
The religious conflict between major European countries that killed thousands and made people question organised religion and governments.
30 Years War
Thomas Jefferson