Enlightenment Review

The power of the human mind to think and understand in a logical way

• reason

• philosophies

• natural rights

• contract

A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born wth

• divine right

• philosophes

• natural rights

• contract

An agreement between rulers and the people to cooperate for mutual social benefits in pursuit of a better society

• divine right

• free enterprise

• laissez-faire

• social contract

A place where Enlightenment thinkers got together to discuss Enlightenment ideas

• divine right

• salon

• laissez-faire

• bourgeoisie

A right to rule believed to be given by God to a king or a queen

• divine right

• absolute monarchs

• laissez-faire

• enlightened despots

The middle class

• bourgeoisie

• royal court

• social contract

Separation of Powers

• Separating the ruler from the military.

• Dividing powers equally among organizations

• Dividing powers equally among three people

• Dividing powers equally among three branches of government.

A person(s) who had unlimited authority and almost no legal limit.

• A Monk

• Absolute Monarch

• A Philosophe

• A Salon Manager

Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.

• John Locke

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Thomas Hobbes

Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Rousseau