2. Your Enlightenment Book
Fold your 2 sheets of blank white paper together into a book and staple them together.

3. What Age of applying reason to the human and natural worlds
Response to absolute monarchs
Fueled democratic revolutions and religious tolerance

4. What were the ideas of the Enlightenment that began to shape political thought in Europe and beyond?
How did the Enlightenment influence society?

5. French writer on:
Freedom of speech
Religious toleration
Separation of church & state
“"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

6. English writer of Two Treatises on Government
Says that people are the source of power
Government must protect our natural rights
“All people have the natural rights, including life, liberty, and property.

7. “To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."
French writer of On the Spirit of Laws
Argues for a separation of powers
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."

8. English writer of Leviathan
Said government must protect people
“Without government our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!”.

9. “No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
French writer of The Social Contract
Government is an agreement or contract between ruler & people
“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”

10. English advocate for women’s rights
Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

11. Revolutions in France, Haiti, & America
Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution & Bill of Rights

12. Mark an E for each statement that is an Enlightenment idea.
The best government is a monarchy.
Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism
Government powers should be separated to create checks & balances.
Christianity is the one true religion.
Freedom of the press is important to a society.

13. 1. Answer the question on the padlet wallhttp://padlet
2. Log into “The Enlightenment” -Read pages 2-4
3.Watch the video on the next slide