Enlightenment 1 - 5

These thinkers developed new ideas about unchanging principles, discovered through reason, that govern all human conduct

? was an outspoken critic of societal ills, such as corruption, inequality, the slave trade, and religious prejudice.

Sir Isaac Newton is know for discovering?

Montesquieu felt that each branch of government should be able to serve as a check on the other two known as?

Denis Diderot (dee duh roh) worked for years to produce a 28-volume set of books called the 

Philosophers emphasized the power of human reason uncover general laws of nature that shape all of human experience?

? is an economy in which individual consumers and producers make economic decisions.

Wollstonecraft called for equal education for girls and boys in her book

Free Enterprise System - Because people own their own businesses, they have a stake in its success.

In ______ _______ __ _______, Locke argued that people formed governments to protect their natural rights.

To protect against attacks of the Enlightenment, they waged a war of ? or restricting access to ideas and information

Hobbes Argues for Powerful Government In 1651, Thomas Hobbes outlined his ideas in a work titled?

A ? economy combines elements of traditional, market, and command economic systems.

Allowing business to operate with little or no government interference, what type of economics?

Countries such as the United States and Australia have mixed economies that are close to pure market economies.

The Enlightenment slogan “free and equal” did not apply to women.

In 1762, Rousseau set forth his ideas about government and society in 

 John Locke had a more optimistic view of human nature. He thought people were basically reasonable and moral.

Sweden and Norway have economies that are closer to socialist economies than the United States’ economy is. 

A Non-traditional economy is an economy in which people make economic decisions based on their customs and habits. 

Locke’s idea would one day influence leaders of the American Revolution, ?

Countries such as North Korea and Cuba have mixed economies that are close to pure command economies.

He argued that the free market, natural forces of supply and demand, should be allowed to operate and regulate business

? is an economy in which the central government makes all economic decisions. also called a centrally planned economy

Baron de Montesquieu (mahn tus kyoo). Montesquieu studied the governments of Europe, from Italy to England. He wrote