1. The Enlightenment

2. What was the Enlightenment?? The Age Of Reason
Time when reason was used to find out facts about human beings, life, science, and government!

3. The 5 Philosophers Thomas Hobbes Baron de Montesquieu John Locke
Jean Jacques Roseau
Voltaire

4. Thomas Hobbes
Believed that people were evil and not able to live civilized lives without an all power ruler.

5. John Locke
Father of Liberalism, he believed that all people should have natural rights to life, liberty, & property

6. Baron de Montesquieu
Separation of power the best way to protect liberty was to divide the powers of government into Three Branches: legislative, exudative, and judicial.

7. He advocated freedom of religion
Voltaire
Advocated Free Speech
He advocated freedom of religion

8. What is a Revolution? A turning point or major changes
A revolution of how people thought
This turning point was the changing of how people viewed life, government, science, and religion

9. Some countries that use these views
USA
India
South Korea
Philippine

10. How has the Enlightenment effected modern society?
Modern societies have rights to life, liberty, and property. People control their own lives. Not kings and queens. These are the views of John Locke.
Modern societies such as the United States have a government which is voted for and separates the powers of the government into three branches so one person can’t get to much control . These are the views Baron de Montesquieu
Modern societies have equal, where everyone has the rights. These are the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau
Modern societies have freedom of speech, freedom of religion. These are the views of Voltaire.
Many modern societies disagree with Thomas Hobbes, and want to control their own lives.