Enlightenment Thinkers

Believed that women should have an active role in government.

• Wollstonecraft

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Locke

the “center” of the Enlightenment

• Paris, France

• England

• Italy

• Spain

his Enlightenment ideas influenced the U.S. because of his thoughts on separation of powers

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Hobbes

According to Locke, you are born with these

• natural beliefs

• natural law

• natural rights

• property rights

He proclaimed, “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Voltaire

Thomas Hobbes believed that human nature was

• Shaped by the scientific thinking of the time.

• Characterized by good will.

• Responsive to changes in politics, science, and religion.

• Characterized by violence, evil, and disorder.

Baron de Montesquieu believed that government power

• Belonged in the hands of an absolute monarch.

• Should never be used to wage war.

• Could be minimized by policies of religions tolerance.

• Was best divided among separate branches.

According to Hobbes, people

• Do not have the right to rebel against government.

• Can break their contract with the government if it fails to uphold their rights.

• Should never agree to monarchial rule.

• Are peaceful by nature and could be corrupted only by government.

How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?

• It gave monarchs more power.

• It helped factories grow larger and factory owners to become rich.

• It encouraged people to use reason to try to understand social, political, and economic issues.

• It extended the natural rights of European citizens.

The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on

• fundamental religious beliefs

• laws of nature and reason

• the concept of divine right of kings

• traditional values