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Enlightenment World Studies Troy High School

Enlightenment Definition This was an intellectual movement in Western Europe that emphasized reason and science rather than relying on the higher authority of church and monarch.

According to the US Constitution & the Bill of Rights, what protections do Americans have? Constitution –Checks and balances, Separation of Powers Bill of Rights –Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition, bear arms, quartering etc…

What rights did people have under… Feudalism –Virtually none Absolutism –Land and Protection

New enlightened ideas… Natural Rights –a political theory that individuals have basic rights given to them by nature or God that no individual or government can deny Reason –The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence

New enlightened ideas… Social Contract –An agreement among the members of an organized society or between the governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each. Checks and Balances –a system of constitutional government which guards against absolute power by providing for separate executive, judicial, and legislative bodies who share powers

New enlightened ideas… Popular Sovereignty –the concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens

Philosophes Montesquieu –Government exists for the people. –Believed in the separation of powers Voltaire –Human progress comes from the people, not from the church Rousseau –Individuals should determine what is the common good (Popular Sovereignty)

The End!!!