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John Locke
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Argued that all human beings have natural rights: life, liberty, property, and right to defend themselves.
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Thomas Hobbes
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Wrote Leviathan and said the only way to escape chaos is to enter into a social contract with an absolute monarch.
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Montesquieu
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Argued for separation of powers/check and balance system.
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Voltaire
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Freedom of speech; got kicked out of France for his beliefs.
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Denis Diderot
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Wrote Encyclopedia and gathered articles on knowledge.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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In The Social Contract, argued that individual freedom is not as important as the good of the community.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
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Adam Smith
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Encouraged laissez-faire economics.
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Enlightened despot
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When rulers attempted to bring social and political change.
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2 artists or musicians of Enlightenment
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Bach and Mozart
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Where Spread of Enlightenment started
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Paris, France
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