The Enlightenment
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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
-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
-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
-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
-Criticized Catholic Scripture
-Uncovered that the Church was lying
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Voltaire rejected the CHURCH with...
Treatise On Toleration
-Attacked Religious Fanaticism
-Attacked Religious Fanaticism
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Diderot rejected the CHURCH with...
Encyclopedia
-Attacked superstition
-Advocated for religious toleration
-Attacked superstition
-Advocated for religious toleration
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Holbach rejected the CHURCH with...
System of Nature
-Atheism
-Christianity is evil
-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
-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
-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
-Property is a lie
-Attacked noble because of undeveloped land
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Quesnay rejected the MERCANTILISM with...
-Laissez-Faire
-Supply and Demand
-Supply and Demand
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Adam Smith rejected MERCANTILISM with...
Wealth of Nations
-Natural Order
-Law of Competition
-Economic Liberalism
-Natural Order
-Law of Competition
-Economic Liberalism
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