Modern World History Week 3

Time period of thinkers whose ideas were seen in the many revolutions throughout the world calling for limited government; notable thinkers were Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Hobbes.

The idea that the government and citizens enter an agreement where the government protects citizens and citizens in return give up some of their freedoms.

Life, liberty, and property

Another name for each Enlightenment thinker; example being Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Hobbes.

Ideas or theories that are based in reason and logic.

Enlightenment thinker who believed the government should protect people’s three natural rights.

1. Enlightenment thinker who believed there should be a separation between church and state (government). 

1. Enlightenment thinker who believed the government should be separated into three equal branches (legislative, executive, and judicial).

1. Enlightenment thinker who believed that the government and citizens should agree to a social contract.

1. Enlightenment thinker who believed unlimited government should be how all countries run their country; thought people were evil, selfish, and too stupid to make decisions for themselves.