The Age of Enlightment

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The Age of Enlightment

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*This is what started the American Revolution

*This created questions by colonists on why they have a parent country.

*The Age of Enlightment came from Europe and spreaded to the colonies.

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Who are the 3 thinkers that started the Age of Enlightment?

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Locke, Rousseau and Hobbes

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This person was often called the man that made the foundation for western culture. He believed that everyone should have "natural rights" like life, liberty, and the pursit of happiness.

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John Locke

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______is kind of the freedom to choose.

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Liberty

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This person is going to write a book called "The Leviathan". The Leviathan is like a sea monster and talks about the power that monarchs have and who has that power and why?

He also talks about a resprensentative government like equality, quality, and choosing.

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Thomas Hobbes

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This person has an idea called "The Social Contract." He felt that it should be up to the poeple to decide rather than power of rulers like kings and queens.

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Jacques Rousseau