Enlightenment thinkers

John Locke

natural rights protection of property, representation, written constitutions influences of the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights (1689). People shallow+stupid

Montesquieu

3 branches of government and checks and balances

Voltaire

Enlightened Monarchs

Rousseau

General Will early influences on communism against private property

John Locke

natural rights and the Tabula Rasa (blank slate at birth), Loved property nature vs nurture

Voltaire

freedoms of speech and press; religious tolerance

Rousseau

Noble Savage (good and bad of man society corrupts); General Will no need for government all will be enlightened

Voltaire

felt that all women should become Enlightened

Rousseau

extreme traditional role for women