World History

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what is the enlightenment?

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A revolution in thinking used to better understand social, economic, and political problems

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what type of gov did Thomas Hobbes recommend in his book, The Leviathan?

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A powerful gov who's favored by monarchy so they can ensure social order

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what did the enlightenment authors mean by a " social contract"?

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People agree to give up their independence to the gov for benefits

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what type of gov did John Locke recommend?

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A gov with limited power

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Describe John Locke's pov of "the state of nature" and why he believed a social contract was beneficial

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He believes man is free in the state of nature, but dangerous because man can be unjust, so a social contract is good for people who want to be under it.

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Who were the ideas of the Enlightenment not applied to?

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Women and non-Europeans

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what did Mary Wollstonecraft argue for in her Vindication of the Rights of Women?

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Equal education for girls and boys

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What type of economy did Adam Smith, and the French Physiocrats advocate based on his writing in The Wealth of Nations?

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Business should operate with little to no gov help (lassez-faire)

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From where did enlightenment ideas spread across Europe? Why?

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France, because they were the language of the Elite of Europe

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What is censorship, and how did writers try to avoid it?

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Limiting the publication of works of writers/publishers. Writers fought back by disguising their ideas in fiction.