Absolutism and Enlightenment

The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215

• House of Lords

• Divine Right

• Magna Carta

• Mary Wollstonecraft

The upper house of the British Parliament

• House of Commons

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Divine Right

• House of Lords

Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god

• Divine Right

• House of Lords

• House of Commons

• Mary Wollstonecraft

French political philosopher who advocated the separation of powers

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Denis Diderot

Believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority

• Montesquieu

• Habeas Corpus

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

A french man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts.

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Absolute Monarchy

• Denis Diderot

A government in which the king or queen has absolute power

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Absolute Monarchy

• Montesquieu

French philosopher, that believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government.

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Denis Diderot

• Voltaire

Britain's law-making assembly

• Denis Diderot

• Parliament

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

Philosopher who argued for women's equality with men

• Divine Right

• House of Commons

• House of Lords

• Mary Wollstonecraft