the enlightenment revisited chapter 11 section 4
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The Enlightenment RevisitedChapter 11 Section 4
Principal Characteristics of Enlightenment
• 1700s known as the Age of Enlightenment• Rationalism – Belief that reason and scientific
method could explain human nature.• Secularism – Downplaying the importance of
religion.• Philosophers or Philosophes – Thinkers of the
Enlightenment
Thinkers of the Enlightenment • Hobbes – Absolute monarchy, people were cruel,
and social contract.• Locke – Limited monarchy, people were
reasonable, and freedom is better than power.• Voltaire – Freedom of speech and religion.• Montesquieu – power divided by 3 branches with
checks and balances.• Rousseau – People are good, but corruptible.
Believed in direct democracy• Beccaria – Against torture and capital
punishment. For fair and speedy trial.
What About The Women?
• Mary Wollstonecraft– Argued for equality with men.– Personal Freedom– Economic Independence.– Same educational opportunities– Right to vote!
Extended Vocabulary
• Enlightened Despotism – system of government in which absolute monarch would rule, but according to the principles of the Enlightenment.
• Popular Sovereignty – Government created by the people and controlled by the people.
Extended Thinking
• Where did this occur?• Where do you think it will occur next?
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