IDEAS THAT LED TO REVOLUTION
Scientific Revolution Scientific thinking is based on FAITH Science based on experiments and REASON
Humanism Focus on the greatness of the Church Focus on human potential
Belief that kings derive their power from God Belief that leaders derive their power from the PEOPLE (consent) Enlightenment
Natural Rights People must obey the government People only have to obey the gov’t if their rights are protected
O BVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST DICTATORSHIP OR ANARCHY
A LTHOUGH THIS GUY THOUGHT SO. Hobbes
J OHN L OCKE All people are born with NATURAL RIGHTS The government is supposed to protect those rights If it doesn’t, the people have the right to OVERTHROW the gov’t.
N ATURAL R IGHTS Life Liberty Property
D ECLARATION OF I NDEPENDENCE … all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights… LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Natural Rights Natural Rights
B ARON DE M ONTESQUIEU SEPARATION OF POWERS to stop rulers from getting absolute power Hint: 3-syllable name = 3 branches!
J EAN J ACQUES R OUSSEAU
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. T HE U.S. C ONSTITUTION We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Rousseau- “Social contract” We the people of the United States, in order to promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution
V OLTAIRE Believed in FREEDOM OF SPEECH “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
1st Amendment Freedom of speech! “I may disagree with what you say…”
T HE E NLIGHTENMENT Spread democratic ideas that led to revolutions