People of the Enlightenment 1600s

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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
Name From Wrote Main Ideas
Locke
Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
-Observation govt. exists to preserve life,
liberty, property -Hypothesis people should
be sovereign (rule) -Hypothesis monarchs not
chosen by God
Locke
From England Wrote Two Treatises on Government
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
-Observation Life without govt. is solitary,
poor, nasty, brutish, short. -Hypothesis
Absolute govt. needed to control evil behavior
(but not divine right)
Hobbes
From England Wrote Leviathan
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
-Observation When the legislature executive
are united in the same person, there is no
liberty (freedom) -Hypothesis Govt. must have
Separation of Powers -- 3 branches
Montesquieu
From France Wrote The Spirit of Laws
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
-Observation man is born free, but everywhere
he is in chains. -Hypothesis Govt. is contract
between people rulers. People can break it
(rebel)
Rousseau
From France Wrote The Social Contract
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
-Observation Life is better with
liberty -Hypothesis Freedom of speech
religion, separation of church state
-I disapprove of what you say, but I
will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire
From France
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To come up with their ideas, they all used 3.
All of their ideas dealt with...
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People of the Enlightenment -1600s 1700s
Name From Wrote Main Ideas
-Observation govt exists to preserve life,
liberty, property -Hypothesis people should
be sovereign (rule) -Hypothesis monarchs not
chosen by God
Two Treatises on Govt
England
Locke
-Observation Life without govt is solitary,
poor, nasty, brutish, short. -Hypothesis
Absolute govt needed to control evil behavior
(not divine right)
England
Leviathan
Hobbes
-Observation When the legislature executive
are united in the same person, there is no
liberty (freedom) -Hypothesis Govt must have
Separation of Powers -- 3 branches
The Spirit of Laws
France
Montesquieu
-Observation man is born free, but everywhere
he is in chains. -Hypothesis Govt is contract
between people rulers. People can break it
(rebel)
The Social Contract
France
Rousseau
-Observation Life is better with liberty
-Hypothesis Freedom of speech religion,
separation of church state -I disapprove of
what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it.
France
Voltaire