1. Enlightenment Philosophers
Enlightenment Thinker
What did they write?
Describe 2-3 of their Main Ideas
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Rousseau

2. Enlightenment Thinkers
John Locke
Wrote: Two Treatises of Government (1689)
Main Ideas:
We are born with rights that cannot be taken away: life, liberty, and property (natural rights).
If a government does not protect these rights, its citizens can overthrow it.

3. Enlightenment Thinkers Chart
Baron de Montesquieu:
Wrote The Spirit of the Laws
Main Ideas:
Government’s power should be separated to protect people’s rights (separation of powers).
Each branch of government should check the other branches’ power (checks and balances).

4. Enlightenment Thinkers Chart
Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
Wrote: The Social Contract (1762)
Main Ideas:
People are basically good, but corrupted by the evils of society.
Society needs an elected government (democracy)
The community should be placed above individuals

5. Warm Up: Test Questions
1. What type of government did England have when the colonies were first established?
A. dictatorship
B. socialist state
C. monarchy
D. democracy
2. The term e pluribus unum found on our currency means:
A. A diverse population coming together
B. American sense of individualism
C. Voting rights
D. Our many freedoms
3. Jamestown and the House of Burgesses are associated with which colony?
A. Maryland
B. Massachusetts
C. Plymouth
D. Virginia
4. Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo, plantations, and slavery are all associated with which colonial region?
A. New England Colonies
B. Southern Colonies
C. Middle Colonies