The Enlightenment

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A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born with

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natural rights

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A person(s) who had unlimited authority and almost no legal limit.

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Absolute Monarch

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Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.

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Thomas Hobbes

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Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".

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John Locke

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People are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish. Powerful government needed to ensure orderly society

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Thomas Hobbes

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fought for freedom of speech and opposed religious intolerance and corruption in government

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Voltaire

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Belief that authority comes from reason and not God

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Enlightenment

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An agreement between free individuals and government

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social contract

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A new way of thinking based on the observation of the natural world and the questioning of old ideas.

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scientific revolution

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An intellectual movement focused on improving government and society using reason and thought.

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Enlightenment