Enlightenment/Alantic Revolutions Flashcards
Thomas Hobbes
Believe in social contract -
Agreement between government and the people that they give up some of their rights for protection
John Locke
Unalienable rights
Life liberty and property
Limited gov- People had the right to rebel
Baron de Montesquieu
Separation of powers - Gov should be split into three branches
Jean Jacques Rousseau
General will- laws should represent the will of all people (not the majority)
The heart of the Enlightenment
And what was it rooted in
France (Western Europe)
Rooted in skepticism
HUMANISM!
Voltaire
Freedom of thought- Free speech, thought & religion
Result of expansion of suffrage
Granting rights to more people (natives & women)
“Franchise”
Right to vote
Influence of abolition of slavery
Went against liberty
People were no longer owned
(Slaves we’re more expensive then paid labor)
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Still empty
Caused of end of serfdom
Concepts liberty and equality
None were African
Serfdom ended due to Black Death
Mary Wollstonecraft
Women should be treated equally to men
Want women to be more educated so that women could be better wife’s
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women should have the right to vote
(Legal change needed to be made)
Deism
God is real, but did not have influence on everyday life
(Kinda like the enlightenment)
American Revolution
Colonists against the mother country
The people created their own government and rebelled
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
(Revolution considered most successful)
Economic rebellion
French Revolution
Monarchy was murdered the people became in charge
NOT a rebellion of a colony
Rebellion of the citizens against the government
Did not want independence
Haitian Revolution
For humans rights and equality
First successful slave uprising
Free state run by former slaves
Social rebellion
Latin America
Run by the Creole (a privileged class)
They kept the existing social hierarchies but wished for independence from Spain
Wanting independence
