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enlightenment |
the word enlightenment refers to a change in outlook among educated europeans |
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reasons |
The ability to think logically about something
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salons |
in France an informal meeting of philosophers during the enlightenment
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philosophers
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a scholar or thinker
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governments
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the people or groups that rule a particular region
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individual rights |
the privileges of the people in a society
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the roots of the enlightenment |
The enlightenment thinkers believed that they were making a major brake but the influence by what came before them.
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the scientific revolution
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the enlightenment thinking grew out of the scientific revolution.In science observation and reasons were revealing laws. |
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the renaissance and the reformation
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The enlightenment also had roots in the renaissance and the reformation.the humanists of the renaissance questioned accepted beliefs.
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classical and christian influences
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like the humanist of the renaissance many enlightenment thinkers were inspired by classical culture.trust in reason,for example |
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new ideas versus old beliefs |
the thinkers of the enlightenment prized reason over authority.they questioned the basis of religion,mortality, and government.
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thomas hobbes absolute rule by king
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Thomas Hobbes was born in England in 1558 he wrote about many subjects,including politics and government.He tried to give a rational basis for absolute rule by king. |
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John Locke natural rights
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John Locke was born in England in 1632.His thinking about government and people's right had a major impact on the enlightenment.Thomas Hobbes had argued that kings should have absolute power.
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constitutional monarchy
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A form of government in which the monarch's power is limited by a basic set of laws or constitution |
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bill of rights |
a list of basic human right that a government must protect
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social contracts |
an agreement in which people give up certain |
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natural rights |
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baron de Montesquieu separation of powers
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separation of powers despotism
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Voltaire religious tolerance and free speech
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oppression
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tolerance
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cesare beccaria the rights of the accused
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criminology
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capital punishments
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the impact of the enlightenment on goverment
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enlightened rule by monarchs |
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The Americans an french revolution
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madame geoffrin |
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Abigail Adams |
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olympe de gouges |
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Mary Wollstonecraft |
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