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Why did Montesquieu want to separate the powers of government among three equal branches
so no branch was more powerful
What was Rousseaus view of human nature
People are naturally good but the evils of society make them bad
Enlightenment thinkers insisted that people and governments could solve the every social, political l, and economic problem by what
Human reasoning
According to Adam smith what type of involvement should governments have in economic market
They should have none
What difficulty did women have with enlightenment philosophers ideas
They were left out of the social contract
How did thomas Hobbes and John Locke differ in their views of human nature
Hobbes thought it was greedy and evil
Locke - thought good and moral
How did supply and demand drive the marketplace
Demand for a good or service then suppliers would seek that good in order to make a profit out of it
How did governments and churches of Europe attempt to stop the spread of enlightenment ideas
Sensorship and book burning sometimes jail time
A composer and a child prodigy who produced an enormous amount of music before his death at age 35
Mozart
What event reveloutionized thinking and led to the enlightenment
Scientific revolution
Who ruled Austria during the Age of Enlightenment ending censorship and abolishing serfdom during his reign
Joseph 11
Rulers who did accept some of the ideas of the enlightenment but who continued to hold tremendous power were called
Enlightened desposts
Which ruler of Russia toyed with implementing some enlightenment ideas
Catherine the great
Why did the colonists protest against taxation without representation
They weren’t represented in parliament
Why did colonists hurl a cargo of British tea into the Boston harbor
Bc they taxed tea and they were protesting for fair taxes
