1. 6 Famous
Thinkers

2. John Locke

3. People have the ability to reason.
Natural rights: life, liberty & property
Governments should protect those rights
If government abuses power, people have right to rebel and form a new government.
John Locke

4. Jean Jacque Rousseau

5. People are born good, independent, & compassionate.
If left on their own, they will be happy and peaceful.
In Switzerland, male citizens could vote directly (better than indirectly which is a republic).
Even a republic was corrupt because politicians could become tyrants.
Jean Jacque Rousseau

6. Baron de
Montesquieu

7. Women can contribute important things to govt.
Limited monarchy makes a country most stable and secure.
States should be kept small so everyone can play a role in government.
separation of powers--different branches of govt.
Baron de
Montesquieu

8. Thomas
Jefferson

9. Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence
applied John Locke’s ideas
“unalienable rights” (life, liberty and pursuit of happiness)
government’s power comes from the consent of the governed (the people
all men are created equal
Thomas
Jefferson

10. Declaration of Independence

11. “…All men are created equal…they are endowed…certain unalienable rights…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness… whenever a Government becomes destructive…, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it….”

12. Declaration of Independence

13. Declaration of Independence

14. de la Santísima Trinidad
Simón José Antonio
de la Santísima Trinidad
Bolívar Palacios
y Blanco
Simon Bolivar

15. the “George Washington of South America”
helped Venezuela gain independence from Spain
spread democracy throughout Latin America
influenced by the Enlightenment, Greece, and Rome
Simon Bolivar

16. James
Madison

17. Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights
spent a year reading Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire to prepare
power should be divided:
three branches
federal system
James
Madison

18. Which TWO PAIRS of thinkers share similar ideas?
What idea(s) did each pair share?
Which thinker applied his ideas in South America?
Which thinker was the most PURELY DEMOCRATIC?
Which thinker supported having a king and/or queen?

19. The French Revolution...

20. …coming soon