The Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment

• During the Age of Absolutism, Europeans began
  encountering innovations in science and reason.
  Old ideas about faith and tradition (like the
  divine right) were challenged by new ideas. Your
  assignment is to skim Chapter 20 of your book,
  noting why the following people and ideas were so
  important.

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Group 1 Troublemakers

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• John Locke
• philosophes
• Voltaire
• Mary Wollstonecraft

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Group 1 Troublemakers

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• John Locke
• philosophes
• Voltaire
• Mary Wollstonecraft

What did each person do, and how could those
activities be considered troublesome?
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Group 2 Troubling Ideas

• scientific method
• natural law
• natural rights
• deism
• salon gatherings
• enlightened despotism

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Group 2 Troubling Ideas

• scientific method
• natural law
• natural rights
• deism
• salon gatherings
• enlightened despotism

What did each idea propose, and why could each
idea be considered troubling?