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Rejection of Absolutism

Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Beccaria

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Rejections of the French Catholic Church

Bayle, Voltaire, Diderot, Holbach, Condorcet, and Gibbon

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Rejection of the Estates System

Rousseau and Quesnay

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Rejection of Mercantilism

Quesnay and Adam Smith

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Rousseau rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

The Social Contract

-Popular Sovereignty and General Will

-Power from the people

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Montesquieu rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

The Spirit of Laws

-Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

-Split up King's power

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Beccaria rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

On Crimes and Punishment

-Royal edicts for punishment shouldn't be cruel

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Bayle rejected the CHURCH with...

Critical Dictionary

-Criticized Catholic Scripture

-Uncovered that the Church was lying

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Voltaire rejected the CHURCH with...

Treatise On Toleration

-Attacked Religious Fanaticism

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Diderot rejected the CHURCH with...

Encyclopedia

-Attacked superstition

-Advocated for religious toleration

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Holbach rejected the CHURCH with...

System of Nature

-Atheism

-Christianity is evil

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Condorcet rejected the CHURCH with...

The Progress of the Human Mind

-Strip all obstacles (church) to reach perfection

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Gibbon rejected the CHURCH with...

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

-Blamed Christianity for the fall of Rome

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Rousseau rejected the ESTATES-SYSTEM with...

Inequality of Mankind

-Property is a lie

-Attacked noble because of undeveloped land

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Quesnay rejected the MERCANTILISM with...

-Laissez-Faire

-Supply and Demand

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Adam Smith rejected MERCANTILISM with...

Wealth of Nations

-Natural Order

-Law of Competition

-Economic Liberalism

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