Enlightenment Flashcards
WHAT? Is authoritarian?
Promotes strict obedience to rulers at the expense of personal freedoms
WHO? Argued for a separation of powers?
Montesquieu
WHO? Was a writer on the spirit of laws?
Montesquieu
WHO?said government is an agreement/ contract between ruler and people?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
WHO?was a writer of the Social Contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau
WHO? Said that people are the source of power?
John Locke
WHO? Said that the government must protect our natural rights?
John Locke
WHEN?was the enlightenment?
1550-1800
WHERE?was the enlightenment?
Europe!! Paris France
WHAT? Is bourgeoise?
Middle class
WHO?was a writer of freedom of speech?
Voltaire
WHO?was a leader in the creation of the encyclopedia?
Diderot
WHAT?was the enlightenment?
Age of applying reason to the human and natural world
Response to absolute power
Fueled democratic revolutions and religious tolerance
WHO?said government must protect people?
Thomas Hobbes
WHAT?is an absolution?
A political system in which ruler’s hold total power.
WHO?was an advocate for women’s rights?
Mary Wollstonecraft
WHO?was a writer of leviathan?
Thomas Hobbes
WHAT?is laissez-faire?
The economy should be free from the interventions of the government?
WHAT?is the Social Contract Theory?
People give up individual freedoms to do whatever in exchange for peace and protection.
WHO?was a writer for religious tolerance?
Voltaire
WHAT?is mercantilism?
Goal to strengthen and enrich the country so it can compete with other empires?
HOW?did religion change?
They began to believe in the gift of god’s grace instead of eternal punishment.
WHAT?is a separation of powers?
Divides a government into independent branches with are still accountable to each other.
WHAT?is an successor?
One that follows
WHO?was a writer of two treaties on government?
John Locke
WHAT?is deism?
Belief that god created the world then left it to evolve on its own.
WHO?was a writer for separation of church and state?
Voltaire
WHO?wrote a Vindication of the rights of women?
Mary Wollstonecraft
WHAT?is the old regime?
Agrarian economy, great influence of religion
WHAT?is aristocracy?
Only elites have power
WHAT?were the results?
Revolutions in France , Haiti , and America
