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An intellectual movement in the 1600s and 1700s that emphasized reason, individual rights, and questioning traditional authority.
The Enlightment
English preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening throughout the American colonies through powerful, emotional sermons.
George Whitefield
A term used by some Great Awakening preachers to describe people who were spiritually lifeless or had not experienced true religious conversion.
Dead Dogs
A system of government where citizens vote directly on laws and political decisions.
Direct Democracy
English Enlightenment philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that governments must protect those rights.
John Locke
A religious group during the Great Awakening. Opposed the emotional revival movement.
Old Lights
A system of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions and laws for them.
Representative Democracy
An agreement between people and their government in which people accept certain rules in exchange for protection and order.
Social Contract
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School
American preacher and theologian who helped lead the Great Awakening and is famous for his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
Jonathan Edwards
The belief that government should serve the public good and be run by elected representatives rather than a monarch.
Republicanism
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A religious group during the Great Awakening. Supported the emotional revival movement.
New Lights
A period in the 1500s and 1600s when scientists used observation, experiments, and reason to better understand the natural world.
The Scientific Revolution
French Enlightenment thinker who supported separating government power into legislative, executive, and judicial branches to prevent tyranny.
Baron de Montesquieu
Rights that all people are born with, such as life, liberty, and property, according to John Locke.
Natural Rights
A religious revival movement in the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s that emphasized personal faith and emotional preaching.
Great Awakening
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important connections
Locke = Natural rights
Rousseau = Social contract and general will
Montesquieu = Separation of powers
Hobbes = Strong government for order
Whitefield = Traveling preacher of the Great Awakening
Edwards = Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
French-speaking Enlightenment philosopher who believed government should follow the general will of the people and be based on a social contract.
Jean-Jaques-Rousseau
The religious belief that God has already determined who will be saved and who will not.
Predestination
The idea that a government's power comes from the permission of the people it governs.
Consent of the Governed
An Enlightenment political philosophy that emphasizes individual freedoms, natural rights, and limited government.
Liberalism
The belief that a person experiences a spiritual rebirth through personal faith in Jesus Christ.
Born Again
English philosopher who believed people needed a strong government to prevent chaos and maintain peace and order.
Thomas Hobbes