Vocabulary
Philosophes
Enlightenment Ideas
Vocab #2
Scientific Revolution
100
A system of thought from Rene Descartes based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge.
Rationalism
100
Suggested that the State of Nature was a brutal existence of all against all. Only a strong central government could make a society work.
Thomas Hobbes
100
Competing with other countries for the ability to expand and protect your own national borders.
The Balance of Power
100
the concept that the state should not impose government regulations but should leave the economy alone.
Laissez-faire
100
The idea of an Earth-centered universe
Geocentric or Ptolemaic System
200
a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.
Scientific Method
200
Believed that people were born with a blank slate or tabula rasa.
John Locke
200
Believed that if a government was not protecting the natural rights of the people, it was the people's job to instill a new government.
John Locke
200
a form of government in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches limit and control each other through a system of checks and balances.
Separation of Powers
200
The idea of a sun centered universe.
Heliocentric
300
The concept that an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will and all individuals should be forced to abide by it since it represents what is best for the entire community.
Social Contract
300
Suggested that the government only had three roles. Protect us from invasion, defend us from injustice, maintain certain public works.
Adam Smith
300
The style of artwork is known as....
Baroque
300
French for philosopher; applied to all intellectuals during the enlightenment.
Philosophe
300
Greatest astronomer of antiquity. Believed that the planets were heavenly bodies of light.
Ptolemy
400
an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, inspired by the scientific revolution, hoping to bring about a better society through the use of reason.
The Enlightenment
400
This person believed that the general will determined what was best for society and all must agree to follow it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
400
Argued that monarchies had been established by stealing power from the people. That King George III was a tyrant, and that it was time for the colonies to declare independence.
Thomas Paine
400
a political system in which a ruler holds total power.
Absolutism
400
Used the telescope to discover mountains on the moon and moons around Jupiter.
Galileo
500
the right to govern through the consent of the people.
Popular Sovereignty
500
Believed that there should be a separation of powers in government with a system of checks and balances.
Montesquieu
500
this stye of art is....
Rococo
500
Rights that are given to all people that can not be given up or taken away.
Natural Rights
500
This individual believed that for something to be true, one must experiment and observe the results.
Francis Bacon