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THE ENLIGTENMENT AND AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1700-1800
Section One: Philosophy in the Age of Reason
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CHANGING EUROPE Crusades 1100-1300 Black Death 1351
Renaissance Reformation Scientific Revolution Printing Press
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Enlightenment In the 1700’s W. European thinkers began to apply Rationality and Objectivity to Human Society Philosophes = Philosopher
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Enlightenment Salons- places where the nobility had parties w/ the Philosophers Paris was the center of early Enlightenment ideas
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Enlightenment Concepts
Rationality Freedom of Thought Natural Law Human Society could and should improve
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Enlightenment Economics
Physiocrats reject mercantilism Laissez faire Adam Smith- The Wealth of Nations
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Society/Arts Natural Law- Deism= God is Nature Freedom of Religion
Voltaire & Freedom of Speech, religion, reason, tolerance
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Political Enlightenment
Thomas Hobbes-social contract Human life was “nasty, brutish, & short” Leviathan
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John Locke Social Contract- Government is a deal
All governments should provide “Life, Liberty, and Property” Bad government should be overthrown
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Montesquieu-Spirit of the Law
Separation of Powers Legislature- makes laws Executive- enforces laws Judiciary-judges laws Checks and Balances
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Jean Jacques Rousseau Civilization corrupts people’s natural goodness Governments should rule by General Will Democracy All men are created equal
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Denis Diderot Amass the world’ knowledge Encyclopedia
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Adam Smith Laissez-Faire economics Capitalism Supply and demand
The Wealth of Nations
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Mary Wollstonecraft Women’s Equality-
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
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