Enlightment Flashcards
What 3 things were enlightenment about?
Coffe, kings, and ideas.
Were the kings good or bad?
Bad
When was the enlightenment?
The 17th and 18th century.
Why was the enlightenment important?
It lead to global changes.
What was the enlightenment?
European thinkers were attempting to solve every political, economical, and social problems to make their world a better place.
Where was the Enlightenment?
Europe.
What was the most common form of government in the world?
A monarchy.
What is censorship?
Covering something up.
What is treason?
Removing a leader from power.
What does treason result in?
Execution.
What did people risk from their radical ideas?
Death and/or censorship.
What helped ideas spread so fast in the 17th century?
The printing press.
What did Thomas Hobbes think?
People are cruel, greedy, selfish, and need to be controlled.
What did Thomas Hobbes believe?
People should live by a social contract agreed upon by all.
What did Thomas Hobbe favor?
An absolute monarchy.
Who liked Locke’s ideas?
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
What did John Locke believe?
People were inherently good.
What did John Locke believe people were entitled to?
Natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.
What did John Locke believe was the best form of government?
One with limited power.
Was Voltaire French?
Yes.
What was Voltaire?
A philosopher.
What did Voltaire do?
Through the pen, he blasted corrupt officials, economic inequalities, injustice, the slave trade, and religious prejudice.
Who did Voltaire annoy?
The catholic church and the french governmnet.
What happened to Voltaire?
His books were burned and he was imprisoned, then eventually exiled.
Was Rosseau German?
No, he was French.
What book did Rosseau write?
The social contract.
What did Rosseau think about society?
They placed too many limitations on people’s behavior.
What did Rosseau believe government should be like?
Only an elected government by people should impose such minimal rules.
What was bad and gone from economics?
Mercantilism: Government regulation of the economy to balance trade.
What was good and new in economics?
Laissez Faires ideas.
What did Laissez Faire think people should do?
They should do as they please.
How did Laissez Faire believe government should operate?
With little or no government interference.
Was free trade good or bad?
Good.
Were tariffs good or bad?
Bad.
What did Adam Smith favor?
Laissezs Faires economics.
What did Adam Smith write?
Wealth of the Nations.
What did wealth of the nations become?
The groundwork for economics for the next 200 years.
