1. By: Kelcy Bux Period One
The Enlightenment
Age of Reason
“It is in their bones. It has defined part of what they have dreamed of, what they aim to become.”
By: Kelcy Bux
Period One

2. Big Ideas Before Enlightenment During Enlightenment
Individualism/ Liberty
Humanism
Natural Rights For All
Governmental Change of Boundaries
Scientific Truth
Thinking Logically
Church and State Together (Theocracy)
Centrality of God
Monarchy
Community Matters
Bible and Tradition are the Truth

3. John Locke 1632-1704 Ability to Think Makes Us Humans
Tabula Rosa- Born Without Knowledge
Learn Through Experience
Morality is Ingrained In Us, but Given by an Outside Lawgiver
Belief is Truth, The Gov’t Can’t Force Belief
2 Treatises of Gov’t
reject divine and absolute right of monarchy
Replace w/ gov’t that provides order and respects individuals
• Religious Freedom
- All except Atheists & Catholics for they cant abide by his way of Gov’t

4. Your “Government” According To Locke Social Contract Natural Law
Gov’t gives Protection
People give up Property & Obey
Natural Law
Born With Life, Liberty, Property & Health
Moral Law
Not Being Bad, Given By Outside Lawgiver

5. Thomas Jefferson A Renaissance Man
Lawmaker, Writer, Scientist, Architect, and Inventor
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
adopted July 4th 1776
• 3rd president of the US
- elected in 1800

6. The Declaration of Independence
Four Major Sections
- Preamble
- Declaration of Rights
- List of Complaints
- Conclusion
• Ideas of John Locke
• Most Important Part is the Preamble (natural rights listed)
• Written by Thomas Jefferson
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

7. Stride Toward Freedom Martin Luther King Jr. Uses Hegelian Theory
Bring two ideas together to create one better idea
Brings Acquiescence and Violence together to create Nonviolent Resistance
• Uses many Biblical Allusions

8. Acquiescence + Violence = Nonviolence Resistance
Nonviolent Resistance
+ “don’t care”
+ immediate results
+ get results
+ no violence
+ sense of power
+ more equality
- become conditioned to it
- kills the future and is a circle
+ peace, no one gets hurt
- oppressor thinks its okay
- proves beliefs to be true
+ moral and logical

9. Stride Toward Freedom Biblical Allusions My Brothers Keeper
refers to peoples reluctance to accept responsibility for others
King argues people should look out for one another
Peter … Sword
Peter cut off the soldiers ear for arresting Jesus
Jesus condemned Peter
Proves violence is not the answer to solving problems

10. Stride Towards Freedom
Biblical Allusions
Moses leads the children of Israel from slavery
Finds some do not want to go…
They are accustomed to slavery
Acquiescence doesn’t help the problem
• An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
when people use violence everyone suffers
Violence just creates more problems

11. Necessary to Protect Ourselves
Malcolm X
Interview
Argues Social Contract
Believes the Gov’t is not protecting the African American people
- They must protect themselves

12. Necessary to Protect Ourselves
“I think all of us should be critics of each other. Whenever you cant stand criticism you can never grow...”
“…people will never be respected as humans until we react as other normal intelligent human beings do…”
“…get whatever is necessary to protect ourselves in a country or in an area where the governmental ability to protect us has broken down…”

13. What Is An American?
A country is suppose to nourish you like a mother.
A citizen should love their country and work hard for it.
Uni Panis Ibi Patria- Where my bread is earned, that is my country.

14. What Is An American? Life in Europe Life in America
Old and Withered
Mowed Down by Want, Hunger, and War
Sore and Poor
No Harvest
Jail and Punishments
Live Under a King
Work with No Reward
Nature Rights Not Honored
New and Flourished
Provides Land, Bread, and Protection
Diversity and New Men
Consequence: Purpose and Importance
New Ideas and Way of Living
Motivating and Happiness
Changes the World
-Spiritual Transformation-

15. Resources • McDougal Littell, The Language of Literature
• Notes from Class