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The Elightenment
What
When/Where
It was the Age of Reason....
* Philosophers used reason to examine human
affairs (Economics and Politics)
* Education and Free Speech
* Human Progress
* Emotion, Passion and Superstition are scorned
* Challenged Traditional Authority
(Monarch and the Church)
* began with the English Revolution in 1688
(Glorious Revolution)
* ended with the French Revolution in 1789
* influenced the American Revolution in 1776
The Elightenment
Enlightenment
Who
1600s - 1700s
Write a paragraph describing the Enlightenment in your own words.
John Locke - Two Treaties of Government - Natural Rights
and Social Contract
Montesquieu - The Spirit of Laws - Rights of the Minority
Jefferson - Declaration of Independence - All men are
created equal
Madison - U.S. Constitution - Separation of Powers
Rousseau - Father of the French Revolution
a.k.a The Age of Reason
Why
How
WHY?????
Questioned the way things were and tried to help
people progress and improve the world.
Wrote books
* condemned authority of the church and monarchy
* sparked the American and French Revolution