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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 is the Enlightenment?
a gathering of great thinkers and artists to discuss and exchange ideas during the Enlightenment.
What 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 persecution?
makes the laws; Senate, Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
people who studied politics, justice, liberty, property
What are political philosophers?
publication that attempted to gather all the knowledge of humankind into a series of books
What is an Encyclopedia?
kings or queens that held ultimate power with no one to check on them
What are absolute monarchs?
freedom
What is liberty?
enforces the laws; police, military. President
What 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 is Scientific Revolution?
kings and queens
What are monarchs?
form of government where people choose leaders by voting
What is an Democracy?
open minded and educated
What is enlightened?
said humans were not born with basic ideas, but they were learned from experiences
Who is John Locke?
educated people
What are Scholars?
the idea that a king ruled by the authority of God.
What are the divine right of kings:
disagreed with
What is opposed?
the change from one way of doing something in a society to another way.
What is revolutionary?
argued that well educated women would help create enlightened families
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
changes
What reforms?
to give permission to be governed
What is 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 is Voltaire?