enlightenment thinkers

John Locke

Revolution was acceptable if government violated or trampled upon the natural rights of people

Cesare Beccaria

Death penalty abolished

Marie-Sophie Germain

Pioneer, mathematician, engineer, women's rights advocate

Divine Right

King is appointed by God

Montesquieu

Government should be separated into branches to limit power, as seen in the American Constitution

Louis XIV

Sun King

Diderot

Encyclopedia

Natural rights

Life, liberty, property

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Voltaire

Tolerance, freedom of religion basic fundamentals of society

Thomas Jefferson

Authored Declaration of Independence; owned slaves.

Rousseau

Proposed government should reflect general will.

Louis XVI

French king who sold Louisiana Territory.

Adam Smith

Advocated free trade; limited government intervention.

Miguel Cervantes

Wrote 'Don Quixote', a classic novel.

France

US bought Louisiana territory from.

Thomas Hobbes

Didn't believe in 'divine right'.

Benjamin Franklin

Favored strong central government.

John Locke

At birth everyone is a blank canvas.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Women have rights to vote.