The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

Age of Enlightenment - aka (also known as) Age of Reason Enlightenment = rationality ethics knowledge reform

The Scientific Revolution = Ancient ideas of the church challenged by scholars Many scholars persecuted by the Church Copernicus (Sun not earth at center of universe) Galileo Galiliei (Telescope, New theories on space) Issac Newton (Gravity)

Church Monarch The Enlightenment Autonomous Rational Individual Before Dependent Church Monarch Before After

The Enlightenment = period of new ideas thoughts on government, the individual, and society Thomas Hobbes Social Contract = People must give up some of their rights to a strong ruler People are born evil

The Enlightenment John Locke Baron de Montesquieu People are born free & equal Natural Rights (life, liberty, & property Govt. must protect these rights Baron de Montesquieu Believed in the separation of power in government. Should have checks and balances

The Enlightenment Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft Voltaire People are born free but society corrupts them Mary Wollstonecraft Equal rights for women / education Voltaire “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”

How does the separation of government work in our country?