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WHAT? Is authoritarian?

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Promotes strict obedience to rulers at the expense of personal freedoms

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WHO? Argued for a separation of powers?

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Montesquieu

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WHO? Was a writer on the spirit of laws?

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Montesquieu

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WHO?said government is an agreement/ contract between ruler and people?

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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WHO?was a writer of the Social Contract

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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WHO? Said that people are the source of power?

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John Locke

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WHO? Said that the government must protect our natural rights?

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John Locke

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WHEN?was the enlightenment?

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1550-1800

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WHERE?was the enlightenment?

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Europe!! Paris France

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WHAT? Is bourgeoise?

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Middle class

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WHO?was a writer of freedom of speech?

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Voltaire

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WHO?was a leader in the creation of the encyclopedia?

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Diderot

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WHAT?was the enlightenment?

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Age of applying reason to the human and natural world

Response to absolute power

Fueled democratic revolutions and religious tolerance

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WHO?said government must protect people?

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Thomas Hobbes

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WHAT?is an absolution?

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A political system in which ruler’s hold total power.

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WHO?was an advocate for women’s rights?

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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WHO?was a writer of leviathan?

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Thomas Hobbes

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WHAT?is laissez-faire?

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The economy should be free from the interventions of the government?

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WHAT?is the Social Contract Theory?

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People give up individual freedoms to do whatever in exchange for peace and protection.

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WHO?was a writer for religious tolerance?

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Voltaire

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WHAT?is mercantilism?

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Goal to strengthen and enrich the country so it can compete with other empires?

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HOW?did religion change?

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They began to believe in the gift of god’s grace instead of eternal punishment.

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WHAT?is a separation of powers?

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Divides a government into independent branches with are still accountable to each other.

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WHAT?is an successor?

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One that follows

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WHO?was a writer of two treaties on government?

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John Locke

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WHAT?is deism?

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Belief that god created the world then left it to evolve on its own.

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WHO?was a writer for separation of church and state?

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Voltaire

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WHO?wrote a Vindication of the rights of women?

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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WHAT?is the old regime?

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Agrarian economy, great influence of religion

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WHAT?is aristocracy?

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Only elites have power

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WHAT?were the results?

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Revolutions in France , Haiti , and America

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