Enlightenment Thinkers

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Belief in equal education for women and men.

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Wollstonecraft

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Separation of powers for checks and balances.

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Montesquieu

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Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.

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selfish and wicked

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Separation of church and state advocate

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Voltaire

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Thinker advocating absolute monarchy for order and law protection.

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Hobbes

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Social contract theory: people give up some freedom for rights protection.

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Rousseau

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Belief in government protecting natural rights: life, liberty, property.

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Locke

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Influential economist, advocate of capitalism and the 'invisible hand'.

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Adam Smith

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Promoted democracy; believed in life, liberty, and property.

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John Locke

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Influenced by the Enlightenment:

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American Revolution