The Enlightenment-Society sees the light

What was the Enlightenment?

• A social movement in the mid 1700's, also known as, the age of reason. Philosophers or enlightened thinkers thought that to solve society's problems they must change the governments people lived under and their unreasonable traditions.

• A religious movement that brought light to the universe.

• A military movement that brought light to dark places

• A great idea that influenced things

How did the Enlightenment get started?

• Isaac Newtons discovery of how gravity applied to the universe- he used only reason and not experiments

• Galileo's great experiment

• The birth of Jesus

• Santa Clause lighting the Christmas tree

What exactly were 'Enlightened' thinkers and what were their goals?​

• Thinkers that thought light & happy thought and the goal was to make a better world

• Thinkers that judged everyone for bad dark thoughts and their goal was to lock them up for negative thinking

• Thinkers that found the light and no longer walked in darkness or ignorance( lack of knowledge). Two of their goals were to think clearly- not allowing feelings to guide them and improve peoples lives.

• Bright Philosophers whose goal was to run the world.

What did Thomas Hobbes say about government?

• French thinker who said Bonjour Mi Amour

• English thinker who said an unwritten contract existed between the ruled and the rulers and the people obeyed even if the ruler ruled horribly

• I think therefore I am government

• Dare to understand that government taxes all the time.

What did Locke have to say about government?

check all that are true

• Locke believed that rulers should be locked up

• Locke believed all people were born with Natural rights

• Locke thought natural rights were sunlight, water and air

• Locke believed natural rights are LIFE, LIBERTY & PROPERTY

What did Montesquieu say about government?

Word bank:

Separate- Powers - Three- Branches-

How did Rousseau differ from Hobbes?

• Rousseau believed people once did only good things and then did bad things when civilization developed

• Hobbes believed people were born greedy and selfish and civilization made them responsible and orderly

• Rousseau believed that all people, kings, or peasants were EQUAL

• Rousseau believed people made a contract with each other and that shared traditions held people together and favored rule by the majority through a direct democracy

What did all this Enlightened thinking lead to?

• change in governments

• reform of monarchies or their destruction

• That people should see the light and do whatever the government said

• That people should revolt and get a new government if the government is not doing what the people vote for