CHapter 22 Scetion 2 Flashcards
Enlightenment
a movement stressing
reason and thought
John Locke
Stresses that people have a right to overthrow an
unjust government
philosophes
Value reason, nature, happiness, progress,
liberty
Voltaire
influential philosophe, pen name of François Marie Arouet
Montesquieu
French writer who admires Britain’s government system Favors separation of powers to keep one body from running government
Rousseau
philosopher who favors individual
freedom, direct democracy
Mary Wollstonecraft
urges greater rights for women prominent writer
Separation of powers
Division among powers between different branches, by Montesquieu
Social contract
the agreement by which people created government
Natural rights
Three rights, life liberty and human nature, philosopher John Locke beloved this