Do Now: Do you believe everything that your religion tells you? Why or why not?
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Describe the Enlightenment and the rise of democratic ideas as the context in which the nation was founded.
Roman Senate
The Assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC
King Louis XIVQueen Elizabeth 1
King Louis XIVQueen Elizabeth 1 God made me king. God made me queen.
That idea is called “divine right”
Isaac Newton
Did you hear of Newton’s discovery?
Enlighten = to inform, to “to turn on a light”
The Universe is governed by natural laws!
Voltaire God is like a clockmaker. He designed the universe, but He does not interfere with how it runs.
Voltaire That idea is called deism. God is like a clockmaker. He designed the universe, but He does not interfere with how it runs.
There is a social contract between the people and the government. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The king rules us because we allow him to rule us. John Locke
The king rules us because we allow him to rule us. John Locke That idea is called “consent of the governed”
Mary Wollstonecraft We should educate girls just like we educate boys.
Benjamin Franklin People should be free to worship in any way they please.
That idea is called freedom of religion. Benjamin Franklin People should be free to worship in any way they please.
George Washington The people should be the boss, not the king.
George Washington The people should be the boss, not the king. That idea is called “popular sovereignty”
Thomas Jefferson All men are created equal.
Thomas Jefferson All men are created equal. That idea is called egalitarianism.
Writing the Declaration of Independence
I wonder if this experiment is going to work.
faith reason divine right social contract consent of the governed popular sovereignty deism egalitarianism natural laws freedom of religion
Enlighten = to inform, to “to turn on a light”