The Enlightenment

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John Locke

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Enlightenment Thinker who believed people are born with natural rights and that government should be based on the consent of the people.

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Voltaire

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Enlightenment Thinker who supported freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

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Baron De Montesquieu

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believed that government should have 3 branches of government in order to have separation of power ( system of checks and balances)

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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believed that women should have equal rights and equal education

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The Enlightenment

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a time period in which people began to develop ideas using reason and logic to reform (improve) the government

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Enlightenment Thinker who believed in the social contract, where government is based on the general will of the people.

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Effects of the Enlightenment

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• -Inspired the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Latin Revolution & Mexican Revolution

• - Democratic Governments were established