Enlightenment

Question 1

Causes of the enlightenment

Answer 1

scientific revolution
religion
public opinion
deism

Question 2

scientific revolution

Answer 2

isaac newton pushed people to study philosophy and used the scientific method to study ideas

science was made accessible to the masses

writers made books the public could understand

Question 3

religion

Answer 3

people more skeptical because of religious wars over protestant wars and catholic views

no longer used as only moral compass

Question 4

public opinion

Answer 4

increase in book led to a growing readership

public opinion spread through newspapers, books, salons

monarch tried to ban some publications to stop

led to rise in philosophers

salons: a place for philosophers to gather and discuss organized by women

Question 5

deism

Answer 5

universal creator
wind it up and let work- known as watchmaker
not involved in function of earth or personal

jefferson, franklin, washington, maddison, monroe

Question 6

thomas hobbes

Answer 6

wrote leviathan
men are created evil
govt. need to control humanity

Question 7

john locke

Answer 7

all people are born equal

all have life liberty and property

purpose of govt. is to protect people

tabula rosa (born with blank slate/no ideas and is shaped by life experiences)
SOCIAL CONTRACT

Question 8

voltaire

Answer 8

promoted freedom of thought
separation of church and state
religious tolerance

Question 9

Jean- Jacque Rousseau

Answer 9

man is born free
government should work for common good

if not, people have a right to overthrow the government

govt. get power from people

Question 10

baron de montesquieu

Answer 10

divide govt according to power
legislative (make laws)
executive (protect laws)
judicial (interprets laws)

seperation of power within checks and balences
basis of US constitution