1. The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

2. The Scientific Revolution
= Ancient ideas of the church challenged by scholars
Many scholars persecuted by the Church
Copernicus (Sun not earth at center of universe)
Galileo Galiliei (Telescope, New theories on space)
Issac Newton (Gravity)

3. The Enlightenment
= period of new ideas thoughts on government, the individual, and society
Thomas Hobbes
Social Contract = People must give up some of their rights to a strong ruler
People are born evil

4. The Enlightenment John Locke Baron de Montesquieu
People are born free & equal
Natural Rights (life, liberty, & property)
Govt. must protect these rights)
Baron de Montesquieu
Believed in the separation of power in govt.
Should have checks and balances

5. The Enlightenment Jacques Rousseau Voltaire Mary Wollstonecraft
People are born free but society corrupts them
Voltaire
“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Mary Wollstonecraft
Equal rights for women / education