1. Enlightenment Thinkers
Station 3 and 5
Station 3- beginning (slides 2-20)
Station 5- go to the last slide! (slide 21)

2. Directions Use the following slides to help you fill out your chart.
At the end, complete the matching activity!

3. 5 Guys you need to know! 1. Thomas Hobbes 2. John Locke
3. Baron de Montesquieu
4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
5. Voltaire

4. Thomas Hobbes
Believed in absolutism= rulers should be THE absolute power.
Government should manage behavior.

5. John Locke Believed in democracy
Argued that the people were sovereign=independent
The people should have ultimate power.
Government must protect life, liberty and property.

6. What affects did John Locke have on the United States?

7. He influenced the Declaration of Independence.
“among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

8. Baron de Montesquieu
Believed in separation of powers (3 branches of government).
This ensured that no one person would be in power.
NO ABSOLUTISM!

10. If Montesqueiu is AGAINST absolutism, then which thinker does he disagree with?

11. What affect did Montesquieu have on the United States ?

12. Montesquieu influenced the U.S. Constitution
The Constitution sets up three branches of Government, just as Montesquieu recommended.

13. What was Voltaire famous for saying?

14. Voltaire
“I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it”
What does this quote defend?

15. Freedom of speech and religion

16. What was Voltaire’s opinion on the relationship between religion and the government?

17. There should be “separation of church and state”

18. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Social contract: a contract between the government and the people.
If the contract is broken, the people should REBEL!!

20. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Voltaire
Believed in absolutism
Believed that if the social contract between the people and the government is broken, the people should rebel!
Believed that there should be a separation of church and state
Believed that the government should be set up into 3 different branches
Believed that the government should protect people’s rights to life, liberty, and property
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Baron Montisquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire

21. Station 5- use the links below to learn about the philosophers
Video 1
YOU CAN USE THESE VIDEOS, THE BIOGRAPHIES AT THE STATION, and YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES!
Video 2
John Locke-