absolutism/enlightenment

Adam smith

“Father of economics”

Believed in free markets and voluntary exchange

John Locke

Natural rights “life, liberty, and property”

Social contract

Tabula rasa “blank slate”

Right to revolution, limited government

Rossesu

Humans are naturally good and corrupted by society

State of nature

Pure democracy, gov ran by the people

Voltaire

Freedom of speech

Separation of church and state

Believed in skepticism

Thomas Hobbes

Human nature; driven by a reward or personal gain

Social contract

Absolute ruling

Leviathan

Montesquieu

3 branches of government

Checks and balances

Wanted to end slavery

Isaac Newton

Development calculus

Laws of motion

Gravity

telescope

Galileo

Telescope

Laws of motion Gravity

Scientific method

Heliocentric model (sun centered)

Ptolemy

Geocentric model (Earth centered)

Copernicus

Heliocentric model (sun centered)

On the revolution of heavenly spheres

Kepler

Laws of planetary motion

Optics

Louis fourteenth XIV

Sun king

Absolute rule

Divine right

Versailles

Bacon

Tried to refrigerate chicken

Scientific method

Catherine the great

Enlightened monarch

Education reform

Peter the great

Found st.petersburg

Westernized Russia

Fredrick the great

Seven years war

War of Austrian succession

enlightened despot

Absolute ruler

Tabula Rasa

means “blank slate” human mind is born blank and is then corrupted

5 themes of reason

Reason, science, individualism, secularism, progress

Deism

Belief in a supreme being

Divine right

Belief a monarch’s authority comes directly from god

Absolutism

A single rule is not restricted and has all power

Enlightenment

Age of reason

Intellectual movement of the 18th century

Philosophe

French term for philosopher

Liberty

A persons freedom

Justice

Fairness

The infamous thing

Abuse of power

Social contract

The people surrender their natural rights in exchange for security and protection

Enlightened despot

An absolute ruler who embraced enlightenment ideals

Bureaucracy

A system of hierarchy, rules, and specialization; manages gov

3 branches of government

Legislative , executive, judicial

Legislative

Makes laws

Executive

Carry’s out laws

Judicial

Interprets laws

3 enemies of humanity

intolerance, prejudice, and superstition 

Social contract, the people give up their freedoms for protection

What was John locke’s idea in the declaration of independence?

3 branches of government, checks and balances

What was montesqieus ideas in the declaration of independence?