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He was from France and composed the first encyclopedia
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Diderot
He was from France and composed the first encyclopedia
Mary Wollstonecraft
She urged women to enter politics and argued for women's rights
Montesquieu
He wrote On the Spirit of Laws about how government needs Checks and Balances
Separation of power
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He wrote the Social Contract about the agreement between society and it's government
Government is an agreement or contract between rulers and people
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Beccaria
The Italian philosopher who wrote against torture and the death penalty
Thomas Jefferson
He wrote the American Declaration of Independence based on Enlightenment ideas
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Diderot | He was from France and composed the first encyclopedia |
Mary Wollstonecraft | She urged women to enter politics and argued for women's rights |
Montesquieu | He wrote On the Spirit of Laws about how government needs Checks and Balances
Separation of power |
Jean Jacques Rousseau | He wrote the Social Contract about the agreement between society and it's government
Government is an agreement or contract between rulers and people
No one is above anyone else |
Beccaria | The Italian philosopher who wrote against torture and the death penalty |
Thomas Jefferson | He wrote the American Declaration of Independence based on Enlightenment ideas |
First country to limit a king's power | England |
He wrote the book Leviathan and said life without a strong ruler would be nasty, British, and short | Hobbes |
She urged women to enter politics and argued for women's rights | Wolllstonecraft |
The king of England must share power with this group | Parliament |
This French philosopher used satire to push for freedom of speech | Voltaire |
Italian astronomer who used a telescope to push for freedom of speech | Galileo |
Heliocentric theory says this is at the center of the universe | Sun |
Polish scientist who discovered planetary motion | Kepler |
Where people would gather to talk during the Enlightenment | Salons |
Composer who went deaf | Beethoven |
Enlightenment age composer of "The Marriage of Figaro" | Mozart |
Found out how blood circulates | Harvey |
French Romantic painter | Delacroix |
He wrote the American Declaration of Independence based on Enlightenment ideas | Jefferson |
Wrote On the Spirit of Laws about Checks and Balances | Montesquieu |
Came up with the theory of Gravity | Newton |
Philosopher from England who said all people have the right to life, liberty, and property | Locke |
Wrote the Social Contract about the agreement between society and it's government | Rousseau |
He wrote the first European novel - Don Quixote | Cervantes |
What did the age of Enlightenment also known as? | Age of Reason |
What is Enlightenment? | Intellectual and Philosophical movement that dominated Europe and the world of ideas during the 18th century |
Results of Enlightenment | Revolutions in America, France, Haiti, and Latin America
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration if Independence
The US Constitution and Bill of Rights |