SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT September 21, 2016 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #4: What was the significance of the Enlightenment? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Leading Thinkers of the Enlightenment” SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT OPEN-NOTES TEST TOMORROW (BASED ON NOTES #s 3 and 4)

What was the significance of the Enlightenment? Notes #4

The Enlightenment was a period during the 1700s when people rejected traditional ideas and supported a belief in human reason.

Philosophers of the Enlightenment were interested in changing people’s relationship with their government. VS.

They believed that government decisions should be based on laws of nature and reason. U.S. Constitution

Famous philosophers of the Enlightenment included: John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, and Voltaire. Locke Montesquieu Voltaire

Declaration of Independence Locke believed governments should protect people’s natural rights. Declaration of Independence

Rousseau believed the powers of governments should be derived from those who are governed.

Montesquieu believed in a separation of governmental powers.

Voltaire believed in freedom of speech.

Due to their support of natural rights, Enlightenment philosophers helped encourage and spark the American and French Revolutions of the late 1700s.