Enlightenment Age of REason

Who is the author of the book Emile

• Locke

• Montesqieu

• Smith

• Rousseau

What is the main belief of Voltaire

• Tolerance

• Mercantilism

• physiocracy

• education

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• Intelligence/Knowledge/Wisdom

• Intelligence/Rights/Freedom

• Knowledge/Freedom/Justice

• Wisdom/Rights/Justice

What did the Enlightenment philosophers promote?

• Justice

• Freedom

• Justice/Skills/Freedom

• Rights/Freedom/Justice

Fundamental Rights - People are born free and equal. - Their fundamental rights are the right to life, the right to freedom, and the right to own property.

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Freedom of Belief - Individuals have the right to choose the religion they wish to practice (not the state or the Church)

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

The writings of the 18th-century philosophes Rousseau and Voltaire influenced the 

• start of the Neolithic Revolution
• the decisions to bring back kings during the Congress of Vienna 
• success of the German unification movement   
• policies of the enlightened despots

Believed that people were greedy and selfish, and that only a powerful government could create a peaceful, orderly society.

• Thomas Adams
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Voltaire

•Most famous work – The Social Contract • •Through a social contract and entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.

• Montesquieu
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which Statement below is not an impact of the Enlightenment period?

• Enlightenment ideals of perfection & reason gave rise to neoclassical art.
• People begin to read more books about religion and deny Christianity
• As the Enlightenment spread, citizens began questioning the authority of their kings…
• Enlightenment philosophes attacked absolute kings like Louis XIV