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Unit 1: The Enlightenment Flashcards

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Influence from the Protestant Reformation & the Scientific Revolution

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They made people have the realization that they can cause change in their government

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Increased book production and literacy rate

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More people could read allowing for the creation of philosphers

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Power of absolute monarchs

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people have no freedom

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Urbanization, salons, and coffeehouses

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Philosiphers could exchange ideas

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John Locke famous writing

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Two treatises of government

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Montesquieu famous writing

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The spirit of laws

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Rousseau famous writing

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The social contract

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Voltaire famous writing

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Candide

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John Locke ideas

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Governmet should protect people’s natural rights

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Montesquieu ideas

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Three branches of government

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Rousseau ideas

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Government is equal to the people

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Voltaire ideas

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freedom of speech and expression

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Natural rights

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Life, liberty, property

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Enlightenment

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1600-1700s people began to question the absolute monarchs and their government

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Tyranny

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government where one person has power and they ABUSE it

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Philosopher

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people who came up with new ideas and challenged popular beliefs

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social contract

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the government abides by the same rules/laws as the people

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separation of powers

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power is spread over three branches

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consent of the governed

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people have a say in what the government does

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checks and balances

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different parts of the government check each other to make sure not one gets too much power

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abolition

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a movement to end slavery

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gender equality

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fights so women are equal to men in pay and natural rights

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three government branches powers

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-one makes the laws
-one enforces the laws
-one interprets the laws

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enduring issue

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a long lasting issue

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