Age of Enlightenment

Question 1

believed in the idea of separation of power like the constitutional monarchy of Great Britain

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Montesquieu

Question 2

rules that are discover-able by reason

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natural laws

Question 3

love of , or the search for wisdom and knowledge

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philosophy

Question 4

believed that all humans were good and had natural rights

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Locke

Question 5

" I don't agree with a word you said, but I'll defend to the death you right to say it "

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voltaire

Question 6

thinkers who applied methods of science to improve & understand society

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Philosophes

Question 7

an agreement entered into by the people and a ruler/government

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social government

Question 8

. . . rights that belong to all humans from birth; life, liberty, and property

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natural rights

Question 9

believed in the "general will" or the idea that majority rules

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Rousseau

Question 10

believed that people gave up individual rights for safety

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Hobbs

Question 11

worked for years to produce a 28 vol. set of books called: Encylclopedia

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Diderot

Question 12

allowing business to operate without regulation

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laizzez-faire

Question 13

wrote the Wealth of Nations, and support "free market" economy

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smith

Question 14

. . .thinker who supported equal education for both boys and girls and equality for women

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Wollenstonecraft

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