1. Age of reason, The Enlightenment
between 1600 and 1700 is often referred to as A Period of Enlightenment or The Age of Reason.

2. Age of reason, The Enlightenment
modern science – not just how but why - scientific method -truth needed to be proven by evidence
creative thinking - to question the entire order of thing (“all men are created equal”)
expanded philosophy-open society brought forth forward thinking men , let go of the fears of mysticism and superstition

3. Age of reason, The Enlightenment
French thinkers Voltaire and Rousseau began developing ideas that would ultimately shape the events that led to both the American and French revolutions.
Isaac Newton – light and the spectrum
Carl von Linne – organized science
Samuel Johnson – Encyclopedia Britannica
Thomas Paine – “Rights of Man”
Mary Wollstonecraft -"A Vindication of the Rights of Women“
John Locke-authority of government comes only from the consent of the governed= Freedom
The Enlightenment valued freedom for the common people, self governance, and natural rights with the central emphasis on liberty.