an intellectual movement during the 17th and 18th centuries... ENLIGHTENMENT an intellectual movement during the 17th and 18th centuries...

THOMAS HOBBES HUMANS BORN SELFISH AND WICKED PEOPLE NEED ABSOLUTE MONARCHY (CONTROL) FOR STABILITY WROTE THESE IDEAS IN LEVIATHAN

JOHN LOCKE HUMANS BORN WITH NATURAL RIGHTS: LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY THESE SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY GOVERNMENT IDEAS WRITTEN IN TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT INFLUENCED U.S. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

MONTESQUIEU SEPARATION OF POWERS SEPARATE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT CHECKS AND BALANCES INFLUENCED CONSTITUTION OF U.S.

VOLTAIRE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, RELIGION, EXPRESSION USED SATIRE TO CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT INFLUENCED U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS

BECCARIA WROTE ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT ABOLISHMENT OF TORTURE AND “CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” INFLUENCED U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS

WOLLSTONECRAFT WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND EQUALITY WROTE IDEAS IN A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN INFLUENCED WOMEN’S RIGHTS’ GROUPS