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9 Cards in this Set
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Define elightenment
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An exciting time of optimism and possibility
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Thomas Hobbes
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Created social contact
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John Locke
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Believed that people were naturally happy, tolerant, and reasonable and that all people were born equal
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Believed that government should work for the benefit of the common good, not the wealthy few
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Argued that the best form of government included a deprecation of powers
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Voltaire
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Fought for justice, religious toleration, and liberty for his whole life
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Diderot
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Wrote the encyclopedia
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Demanded equal rights for women especially in education
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Adam Smith
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Believed that the economy would be stronger if the market forces of supply and demand were allowed to work freely
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