The Enlightenment Flashcards
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What is The Enlightenment
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An Intellectual movement of writers and thinkers who challenged religion, nature and absolute monarchy
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Important figures of the Enlightenment
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Diderot, Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau
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Achievements of the Enlightenment
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1.Created the Encyclopedia
2.Challenged the Monarchy
3.Challenged the structure of society
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Were They Revolutionary?
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No.
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Evaluation Of the ENLIGHTNEMENT
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- Created discussion and helped bring issues of equality, corruption and intolerance to the third estate
- Inspired many of the French Revolutionaries
- Helped to Undermine institutions like The Church and The role of the king.
