Enlightenment Thinkers Flashcards
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s New idea?
Rousseau’s was a new idea that the people are as important as the ruler. Also, if the ruler should become abusive, then the people have the right to dissolve the government and form a new SOCIAL CONTRACT
What was John Locke New idea?
John Locke believe that every human were born with natural rights and the government should protect those rights He also believe in natural laws
Who made the book common sense?
Thomas pine
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
James watt
__________________ predicted a violent revolution that would result in the working class taking over in a classless political and economic systems known as communism.
Karl max
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Who invented the spinning jenny
James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth.
What did Thomas Edison do?
Thomas Edison uses a light bulb to light a lamp
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
Elias Howe
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine
What was Voltaire idea
the idea that the role of government was to guarantee the equal protection of all citizens, regardless of rank or income, before the law.
Montesquieu
the idea of the separation of powers in government
Thomas hobess
His idea for government was that in order for people to be able to live together and survive, they needed to be governed by a single sovereign ruler.
