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social contract |
an agreement in which people give up their evil/wild natural state in order to join civilized society. |
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enlightenment |
a period of rapid growth in political, social, and economic ideas due to the development of rational thought. |
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natural rights |
a belief that all people are born as "clean slates" (tabula rasa). they have the right to life, liberty, and property. |
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laissez faire |
a belief that calls for businesses to be allowed to succeed or fail with limited government action. the founding idea of U.S. capitalism. |
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separation of power |
a division of a king's or government's power in order to protect the people's liberty. the founding idea of U.S. constitution. |
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philosophes |
these thinkers used rational thought to create many important political, social, and economic ideas that spread around Europe and the world. |
