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Age of Enlightenment Part 2

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This deck covers key figures, concepts, and outcomes of the Age of Enlightenment, focusing on influential philosophers, their works, and the impact of Enlightenment ideas on society.

Diderot

He was from France and composed the first encyclopedia
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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 ...
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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TermDefinition
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