1. The Enlightenment: Influences
Salons: places people met to discuss issues
Helped spread Enlightenment ideas spread throughout Europe
Enlightenment influenced neoclassical art & the writing of the encyclopedia
Ideas influence US Democracy, which later influences other countries
Even some monarchs embraced these ideas (Enlightened Despots)
The Enlightenment: Influences
Enlightenment Idea
Philosopher
Influenced
Natural Rights – life, liberty and property
Locke
US Declaration of Independence 
People are born free & equal
Locke
US Declaration of Independence, 14th Amendment
Separation of Powers
Montesquieu
US Constitution – Articles I, II, III
Freedom of expression (thought, speech, etc)
Voltaire
US Bill of Rights

2. Religious Freedom
Voltaire
US Bill of Rights
Power of judicial review
Beccaria
US Constitution
Legal rights (cruel & unusual punishment, speedy trial, etc)
Beccaria
US Bill of Rights
Majority rules, voting
Rousseau
US Constitution
Women’s Equality
Wollstonecraft
19th Amendment, Co-education, Title IX

3. Enlightenment Poster Project: You will need to use your textbook and the Internet to find the following information about one of the Enlightenment Philosophers:
1)Date of birth 2)Date of death 3)Country they were from 4)Famous work (book) 5)Quote 6)A 5 to 7 sentence paragraph describing their role in the Enlightenment (typed or neatly written) 7)A 5 x 7 photo Choices: 1)Thomas Hobbes, 2)John Locke, 3)Voltaire, 4)Baron de Montesquieu, 5)Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 6)Cesare Beccaria, 7)Mary Wollstonecraft, 8)Mary Astell This is Due Monday, November 2nd.

4. Work in 2s or 3s
Pretend that you and your partner(s) are meeting at a salon.
What things might you discuss?
What do you think are the most important issues today?
Jot your ideas down on a piece of paper as you discuss.