rococo
George
Washington
Montesquieu
enlightened despot
John Locke
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light and delicate artistic style
popular during the reign of
France’s Louis XV
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chosen to command the colonial
forces against the British during
the American Revolution
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proposed the idea of separation of
powers in government
the best form of government to
protect liberty has three branches:
executive, legislative and judicial
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a ruler who accepted some
Enlightenment thinking and used
power to bring about some
political or social change, such as
an end to the practice of torture
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believed that all men were born
with unalienable “natural” rights to
life, liberty and property
the only legitimate government has
the consent of the governed
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Rousseau
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physiocrats
Thomas Jefferson
Dedirot
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baroque
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placed his faith in the “general
will” of the people, which should
be placed above individual interests
his ideas were a major inspiration
for the French Revolution
French economic reformers who
rejected mercantilism and
supported laissez-faire capitalism
believed in free trade, no tariffs
and little to no government
interference of businesses
principal author of the Declaration
of Independence
the document’s opening lines echo
John Locke’s ideas, including the
notion that people had the right to
revolt against unjust governments
helped spread Enlightenment ideas
by compiling articles into 28volume Encyclopedia
articles denounced slavery, praised
freedom of expression, and urged
education for all
grand, ornate style of art and
architecture popular during the age
of Louis XIV
popular
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sovereignty
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Thomas Hobbes
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Mary
Voltaire
argued in favor of absolute
monarchy to bring order to a
society of people who are naturally
cruel, greedy and selfish
wrote Leviathan (1651)
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In her book A Vindication of the
Rights of Woman, she argued that
women and men should have equal
education because without it,
women were being excluded from
the social contract.
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Scottish economist and moral
philosopher greatly admired by
physiocrats for his book The Wealth
of Nations (1776), a work presenting
the classic case for free-market
capitalism
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famous philosophe who drew the ire
of the French government and
Catholic Church as an outspoken
proponent of free speech and free
religion
Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
principle that all government
power comes from the people
this idea lay at the root of the
grievances leveled against King
George III in the Declaration of
Independence
salons
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social gatherings where
Enlightenment thinkers exchanged
ideas