Name:_______________________

Enlightenment Thinkers!Welcome to

Thinker Thomas Hobbes John Locke

Life span and country of

origin

Important works

Key Ideas(about

government, human nature, civil rights etc)

What led this thinker to these

ideas?

Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction

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Thinker Jean Jacques Rousseau Baron de Montesquieu

Life span and country of

origin

Important works

Key Ideas(about

government, human nature, civil rights etc)

What led this thinker to these

ideas?

Thinker Voltaire Mary Wollstonecraft Cesare Beccaria

Life span and

country of origin

Important works

Key Ideas(about

government, human

nature, civil rights

etc)

What led this

thinker to these ideas?

1. Why do Hobbes and Locke have different views on human nature and government even though they are both English?

3. In what ways are Enlightenment thinkers reacting to the issues within absolutist countries such as France under Louis XIV? (Reference specific thinkers)

2. How does a thinker’s view on human nature effect his/her view on government?

Explaining Enlightenment IdeasName:_______________________

4. How does the Enlightenment represent a shift towards modern thinking? (Reference the previous popular modes of government, the new ideas brought on by the Enlightenment, and how these new ideas have impacted modern society)

5. How does the Scientific Revolution represent a shift towards modern thinking? (Reference the previous beliefs held about the world, the new ideas brought on by this movement, and how these new ideas have impacted modern society)

6. Which Enlightenment thinker’s ideas do you agree with the most? Why?

7. Which Enlightenment thinker’s ideas do disagree with the most? Why?

8. Rank the thinkers based on how important you believe their ideas were ( #1 being the most influential, # 7 being the least)