Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
|
|
Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophers, and others could exchange ideas
|
Salons
|
|
|
Restricting access to ideas and information
|
Censorship
|
|
|
The light, delicate style of art which reflected the Enlightenment - Louis IV
|
Rococo
|
|
|
A revolution in thinking that changed the way people looked at government and society
|
Enlightenment
|
|
|
All government power comes from the people
|
Popular sovereignty
|
|
|
Art style during Louis XIV. It glorified historic battles or lives of saints.
|
Baroque
|
|
|
Led the US troops in Revolutionary War
|
George Washington
|
|
|
An agreement by which people gave up their freedom for an organized society
|
Social contract
|
|
|
People have the rights of life, liberty and property.
|
Natural rights
|
|
|
Whose idea was this: I believe that people are cruel and greedy and they must have an absolute monarch to keep them from bad deeds -
|
Thomas Hobbes
|
|
|
Whose idea was this: Divide the government among three branches - executive, legislative, and judicial.
|
Baron de Montesquieu
|
|
|
Whose idea was this: People are basically reasonable and have natural rights the government must protect. If government does not protect those rights, the people can revolt.
|
John Locke
|
|
|
Whose idea was this: People are good but are corrupted by society. The best government for people is the one which is chosen by the people.
|
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
|
|
|
Name 3 of the 4 ways which the Enlightenment ideas spread
|
Art, novels, salons
|
|
|
Explain which Enlightenment ideas are included in the Declaration of Independence
|
John Locke - a right to revolt against unjust governments and use popular sovereignty. Government power comes from the people
|
|
|
Explain which Enlightenment ideas are included in the US Constitution
|
Montesquieu - separation of powers among 3 branches of government
|
