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