Enlightenment - Fast & Curious

a ruler holds supreme authority over the government and the lives of the people

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

• armada

• balance of power

A ruler's authority to rule came directly from God

• Edict of Scripture

• Hapsburg Struggle

• Divine Right

• Repression of Evil

Palace of Versailles

• Expensive grand palace in France

• Home of Philip II

• Created during the Edict of Nantes

• Vacation home of Pope Pious III

King Louis XIV

• fought in numerous wars

• drained the royal treasury

• believed in Divine Right

• allowed his people a voice

English Bill of Rights

• Made parliament more superior than the monarch

• Created trial by jury

• Abolished excessive fine and cruel punishment

• Got rid of the King of England

a government where a king's power is defined and limited by law

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

Theory that humans are both with intrinsic rights, which no one can take away

• Natural Rights

• Monarchical Reform

• Natural Commonalities

• Rule of Law

Thomas Hobbes believed

• people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish

• people willingly give up their freedom for organized society

• absolute monarchy was ideal

• he should be a king

John Locke believed

• all people had a right to life, liberty, and property

• the government has an obligation its people

• in a government with limited power, accepted by all people

• the people could not overthrow the government for any reason

The best way to protect liberty was to divide the functions and powers of government into 3 branches

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Wollstonecraft