MISC
Scientific Revolution
Application of science over mysticism
People bad. Need a strong king.
Thomas Hobbes
Before the Enlightenment was what?
the Renaissance
Author who supported freedom of speech and religion and enlightened despotism
Voltaire
Having knowledge and using reason
Enlightened
The fundamental purpose of government in a republic
protection of the natural rights of people
Enlightenment =
Reason
The enlightenment was shaped by this, which was a time when reformers like Martin Luther questioned the authority of the Roman Catholic church and argued that individuals should think for themselves.
Protestant Reformation
This person believed that a criminal should receive a fair and speedy trial
Beccaria.
freedom of choice
What is liberty?
Copernicus discovered....
What is the heliocentric theory?
If government did not protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property, citizens could replace their government
John Locke
Enlightenment thinkers found ideal in these two classical societies. These two classical societies developed the idea that people should have a voice in their government and the belief in humans ability to use reason and observation.
Greece and Rome
Believed that government should be separated into three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial, to provide checks and balances.
Montesquieu
God appoints kings
Divine right
Name 3 important concepts from the Enlightenment
republic
reason
toleration
American President (#3) who included many Enlightenment ideas in the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The immediate roots of the Enlightenment can be found in this. It is also the time when Isaac Newton applied rational analysis to nature leading to the discovery of natural laws
What is the scientific revolution
Believed that government was created to protect people from their own selfishness
Thomas Hobbes.
People give up some freedom and in return their government protects their individual liberties
Social Contract Theory
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..."
what Enlightenment idea can be understood...
social contract
Wanted religious tolerance and free speech.
Voltaire.
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence were influenced by this intellectual movement.
the Enlightenment
Social Contract idea
Rousseau
the idea that government should be divided among various individuals or institutions
Separation of powers