Enlightenment

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Voltaire

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Philosophe Separation of church and state - His writings angered the french government and the catholic church

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Montesquieu

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Philosophe who studied government and created the three branches of government we use today

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Thomas hobbs

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Political thinker who pushed for strict leadership instead of individual freedoms because people were naturally cruel

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John Locke

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Political thinker - everyone is born with natural rights and those rights need to be protected by a government chosen by the people

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Led a slave revolt agaisnt the french in haiti

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toussaint louverture

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Laissez-Faire

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To let it be - Jean - baptiset colbert thought that the government should leave people alone

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Denise diderot

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Philosophe who complied articles and essays on enlightenment themes and published them in a 28 volume set

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Adam smith

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Scottish physiocrat who wanted economies to follow natural supply and demand principles

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Author who was the first to protest women’s rights and equal education for boys and girls

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Rousseau

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Wrote book social contract, and said the government could only pass laws and restrictions if the majority of the people wanted them

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Simon bolivar

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Leader of revolutions in Spanish south america, brought about enlightened thinking

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Thomas Jefferson

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Used enlightened ideas and theories to create the founding documents of the US

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Old order

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Movement against change and enlightenment (church and monarchy)

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Salons

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Used for people to come together to talk about enlightenment, usually held in a women’s house

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Philosophes

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Smart thinkers with new ideas and intellectuals of the enlightenment

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Physiocrats

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Group that rejected mercantillism and advocated for economies based on natural law

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Renaissance

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1300 - 1500s interactions of cultures and the spread of new ideas - led up to enlight.

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Scientific revolution

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1600-1700s period logical thinking, experimentation, led to the use of rational thought and reasoning in society

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Catholic church

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controlled people and most of their lives in europe before the enligt period

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social contract

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agreement between society and leaders following laws of government in exchange for protection of rights and security

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Free market

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Economy type where supply and demand helps determine work

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censorship

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Banning essays and arrest for possession of enlightened writings that was carried out by the old order