The Enlightenment

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Rejection of Absolutism

Rejection of Absolutism

Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Beccaria

Rejections of the French Catholic Church

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

Rejection of the Estates System

Rousseau and Quesnay

Rejection of Mercantilism

Quesnay and Adam Smith

Rousseau rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

The Social Contract

-Popular Sovereignty and General Will

-Power from the people

Montesquieu rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

The Spirit of Laws

-Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

-Split up King's power

Beccaria rejected ABSOLUTISM with...

On Crimes and Punishment

-Royal edicts for punishment shouldn't be cruel

Bayle rejected the CHURCH with...

Critical Dictionary

-Criticized Catholic Scripture

-Uncovered that the Church was lying

Voltaire rejected the CHURCH with...

Treatise On Toleration

-Attacked Religious Fanaticism

Diderot rejected the CHURCH with...

Encyclopedia

-Attacked superstition

-Advocated for religious toleration

Holbach rejected the CHURCH with...

System of Nature

-Atheism

-Christianity is evil

Condorcet rejected the CHURCH with...

The Progress of the Human Mind

-Strip all obstacles (church) to reach perfection

Gibbon rejected the CHURCH with...

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

-Blamed Christianity for the fall of Rome

Rousseau rejected the ESTATES-SYSTEM with...

Inequality of Mankind

-Property is a lie

-Attacked noble because of undeveloped land

Quesnay rejected the MERCANTILISM with...

-Laissez-Faire

-Supply and Demand

Adam Smith rejected MERCANTILISM with...

Wealth of Nations

-Natural Order

-Law of Competition

-Economic Liberalism