Contextualization Pyramid

Flashcards about the Enlightenment Period, revolutionary ideas, and individual development.

The Enlightenment Period

An intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe that promoted ideas like natural laws and challenged the existing social order.

Natural Laws

Natural rights to life, liberty, and property that Enlightenment thinkers believed all individuals possessed.

The Enlightenment

Thinkers in Europe promoted ideas like natural laws, and used this to promote the belief that society is a bad place if we make it to be.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A British woman and Enlightenment figure who advocated for feminism and equality for women.

Theodore Herzl

The founding father of the Zionist movement, supporting Jewish movement to Palestine.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A book written by Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792, arguing for women's rights and education