The Enlightenment/Napoleon

LIfe, Liberty and Property

• Locke

• Diderot

• Voltaire

• Freedom of Speech

A time period, mostly in the 1700's, where philosophers and thinkers thought science and reason could improve all humanity.

• Enlightenment
• Great Awakening
• American Revolution
• French Revolution

People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.

• Social Contract
• Enlightenment
• State of Nature
• Revolution

French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Life, liberty, property

• natural rights
• social contract
• state of nature
• enlightenment

This enlightenment thinker, from England, was a strong advocate for women's rights.

• Locke
• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Wollstonecraft

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

• how their houses should be arranged

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False

According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?

• God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people

• People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order

• People set up governments to protect their lives and property

• Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• We are inquisitive and industrious.

• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

• We are naturally ignorant

• We are naturally kind and helpful to others