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Quiz quick review. En light enment - new ideas were brought forth on how to make government better. S alon – s ocial gathering of thinkers natural laws - Rules of conduct natural rights - belong to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property
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Enlightenment - new ideas were brought forth on how to make government better. Salon – social gathering of thinkers natural laws - Rulesof conduct natural rights - belong to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property social contract - An agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to prevent chaos Terms to know
Enlightened Despot Philosophe – philosophy lover of wisdom laissez faire – lazy government / buy things at a fair Censorship Physiocrat – thinkers for economic reform physical movement of the economy Terms cont.
Who are our 3 enlightened despots? Catherine the Great, Joseph II, Frederick the Great Baron de Montesquieu – divide government into branches (a mountain divides a country…) Adam Smith – economist, importance of the free market (buy granny smithapples at the market) Jean Jacques Rousseau – people were basically good and were corrupted by the evils of society (Rosy view of society) People to know
Thomas Hobbes - thought people were naturally greedy and cruel (hater) John Locke - believed all people had natural rights and people had the right to overthrow the government (love or Lock – you’re rights are key) Denis Diderot – Wrote a Encyclopedia – a collection of Enlightenment writings (Dictionary) Voltaire - used wit and sarcasm to expose governmental abuses of power (volume, venom) People cont.