The enlightment

quizlet

When was the Age of Enlightenment?

1715-1800

What are the 6 key ideas of The Enlightenment?

1. people are entitled to natural rights
2. separation of powers; multiple government branches
3. freedom of thought and expression
4. abolishment of torture
5. women's equality
6. religious freedom

The main focus of the Enlightenment in Britain was:

Improvement of the Individual

Which Enlightenment thinker worked as a composer?

Ignatius Sancho, he also owned a store

Which Enlightenment thinker was a skilled sailor?

Olaudah Equiano, his owner, a member of the royal navy taught him to be an able seaman and had him taught to read.

Which Enlightenment thinker was a priest as well as an author?

Jonathan Swift

Who wrote "Common Sense" in 1776?

Thomas Paine

Which writer's best-selling memoir had a major impact on the abolition of slavery in Britain?

Olaudah Equiano

Which writer's letters were published posthumously (after he died), to help his widow and children?

Ignatius Sancho

Who wrote "A Modest Proposal" in 1729?

Jonathan Swift

Which Enlightenment thinker had a child who became a significantly more famous writer?

Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Mary Shelley went on the write Frankenstein.

Satire

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Satire requires Humor, Criticism, and some type of Moral Voice

Rhetoric

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Who is the intended target of A Modest Proposal

The rich English landlords

To whom does the narrator apply the term "Breeders"?

Poor women capable of having children

What livelihood do poor children allegedly begin around age six?

Thievery or stealing

What are the 6 key advantages to the proposal listed by the narrator?

1. Less Catholics
2. Poor people will have something of value
3. Increased revenue
4. Poor people freed of the burden of caring for children
5. New food/More food
6. Families will care more for each other

For who will the infants be proper food?

English landlords

Why isn't the narrator concerned about getting rid of the "aged, diseased, or maimed"?

They are dying at a fast rate.

All of the following were legitimate proposed solutions to Ireland's problems

1. Taxing absentee landlords
2. Use things built/grown in Ireland
3. Avoid foreign imports
4. Curing expensiveness of women
5. Spend more cautiously
6. Stop in-fighting
7. Showing mercy to the poor
8. Not taking advantage of people financially