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2 Vocabulary Quizlet klingman-flash-cards/ vocabulary-flash-cards/ Age Of Enlightenment Monarchy Natural Law Thomas Hobbes Leviathan Social Contract John Locke Philosophes Divine Right Laissez-Faire Tolerance Deist

3 EQ: EQ: How did the writings of the philosophes help people to understand their social and political government. EQ: How did the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment Period change the structure of social and political government, education, and discoveries.

4 While people were exploring and colonizing the world and making advancements in science, people were also questioning government and the absolute monarchs that ruled in Europe. This is when the Enlightenment Thinkers started.

5 What is the Age of Enlightenment?
Enlightenment – The period in the 1700s in which people rejected traditional ideas and supported a belief in human reason. Enlightenment—new way of learning about world; called Age of Reason.

6 What is the Age of Enlightenment?
The Age of Enlightenment developed from the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. A new focus on reasoning was used to understand social, political and economic institutions.

7 The thinkers of the Enlightenment, influenced by the scientific revolutions of the previous century, believed in shedding the light of science and reason on the world in order to question traditional ideas and ways of doing things.

8 The Age of Enlightenment Period introduced the use of “Reason” to criticize previously held ideas on government, politics, customs, and morals of society.

9 We will learn about the following Enlightenment Thinkers:
Thomas Hobbes John Locke Montesquieu Voltaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau Adam Smith NOTES ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS

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14 Essential Question: ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What was the impact of the Enlightenment?

15 Impact of the Enlightenment
Enlightenment thinkers challenged the divine right of kings & argued for liberty & rights. These theories inspired a variety of new ideas in art, music, gender, economics, & government. Enlightenment ideals of perfection & reason gave rise to neoclassical art.

16 Music composers created new, elegant styles of music known as classical.
Music became a popular art that people went to concerts to hear Capitalism is an economic model based on private ownership of property & desire to make profits Laissez-faire is the idea that the economy thrives when the gov’t does not interfere with businesses & allows a free market to exist. Encyclopedia included essays & sketches on a wide variety of political, scientific, & cultural ideas

17 Impact of the Enlightenment: Revolutions
As the Enlightenment spread, citizens began questioning the authority of their kings… AMERICAN REVOLUTION - As a result, revolutionary wars broke out in America, France, & Latin America for independence and liberty WOMEN STATUS But, new Enlightenment ideas inspired efforts to improve women’s status FROM HOUSEWIVES TO EQUAL WITH MEN.

18 IMPACT OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTMENT
KINGS Enlightenment philosophes attacked absolute kings like Louis XIV & Peter the Great. Most philosophes believed that the best form of gov’t was a limited monarchy that respected citizens’ rights. GOVERNMENT Enlightenment despots favored religious tolerance, tax reform, reduced gov’t spending, & legal rights

19 Now you will write a summary of the Age of Enlightenment
Now you will write a summary of the Age of Enlightenment. You are to use as many of the MAIN IDEAS WORDS as possible. But you cannot exceed 20 WORDS.

20 Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Write a 5 W Poem on the Age of Enlightenment using your Age of Enlightenment Video Notes and class notes. Format: Who? (One Noun) What? (Action Phrase) When? (Time Phrase) Where? (Place Phrase) Why? (Explanation)


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