Enlightenment Review

Criticized absolute monarchy. Separation of powers into executive, judicial, and legislative branches. Checks and Balances

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

fought for freedom of speech and opposed religious intolerance and corruption in government

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Social Contract. People are born good but corrupted by society. Limited and freely elected government

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Ruled France. Large influence on Catholic and Protestant religions. Ignored checks and balances. Constantly at war.

• King Louis XIV

• Fredrick The Great

• Peter The Great

• Ivan The Terrible

Government that gave unlimited power to one person (king) or group. Rulers believed to have gotten Their Authority in Absolutism from God

• Enlightenment

• Constitution

• Absolutism

• Philosophers

Belief that authority comes from reason and not God

• Enlightenment

• Constitution

• Absolutism

• Philosophers

The idea that all humans are born with rights. Examples include the right to life, liberty, and property. (Answer is TWO WORDS)

Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from god (Answer is TWO WORDS)

Enlightenment thinkers believed that problems should be solved using _______

• Reason

• Authority

• Divine Right

• Art

Locke's ideas that power comes from the consent of the governed means that the power of government comes from....

• Divine Right

• the enlightenment thinkers

• the citizens being governed

• people in charge