Enlightenment 1
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 is the Enlightenment?
disagreed with
What is opposed?
open minded and educated
What is enlightened?
educated people
Who are the Scholars?
interprets the laws; court system
What is the Judicial Branch?
Changes
What are Reforms?
form of government where people choose leaders by voting
What is Democracy?
freedom
what is liberty?
kings and queens
Who are the monarchs?
spoke out against religious intolerance. In response to his writings about the church, he was jailed at times
Who is Voltaire?
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 is the Scientific Method?
kings or queens that held ultimate power with no one to check on them
Who is the absolute monarchs?
rights people are born with such as the right to live, be free and own property
What is natural rights?
people who studied politics, justice, liberty, property
Who is political philosophers?
argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
a gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
What is the salons?
to give permission to be governed
What is the consent?
unfair treatment of a group of people
What is persecution?
makes the laws; Senate, Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were learned from experiences
Who is John Locke?
publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of book
What is the Encyclopedia?
the idea that a king ruled by the authority of God.
What is the divine right of kings?
false beliefs
What is superstition?
the change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
What is revolutionary?
enforces the laws; police, military, President
What is the Executive Branch?