1. 6 Famous
Thinkers

2. John Locke

3. People have the ability to reason.
Natural rights: life, liberty & property
Governments should protect those rights
3 branches of gov’t
If government abuses power, people have right to rebel and form a new government.
John Locke

4. Jean Jacque Rousseau

5. People are born good, independent, & compassionate.
If left on their own, they will be happy and peaceful.
In Switzerland, male citizens could vote directly.
Direct Democracy was ideal
Even a republic was corrupt.
Jean Jacque Rousseau

6. Baron de
Montesquieu

7. Women can contribute important things to govt.
Limited monarchy makes a country most stable and secure.
States should be kept small so everyone can play a role in government.
separation of powers--different branches of govt.
Baron de
Montesquieu

8. Thomas
Jefferson

9. Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence
applied John Locke’s ideas
“unalienable rights”
government’s power comes from the consent of the governed
all men are created equal
Thomas
Jefferson

10. Declaration of Independence

11. “…All men are created equal…they are endowed…certain unalienable rights…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness… whenever a Government becomes destructive…, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it….”

12. Declaration of Independence

13. Declaration of Independence

14. de la Santísima Trinidad
Simón José Antonio
de la Santísima Trinidad
Bolívar Palacios
y Blanco
Simon Bolivar

15. the “George Washington of South America”
helped Venezuela gain independence from Spain
spread democracy throughout Latin America
influenced by the Enlightenment, Greece, and Rome
Simon Bolivar

16. James
Madison

17. Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights
spent a year reading Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire to prepare
power should be divided:
three branches
federal system
James
Madison

18. Which thinker supported having a king and/or queen, but wanted to limit their power?
Which ideas from the thinkers to you see today?
Which thinker believed that people have the right to rebel against the government if mistreated? Why is this important?
What is the central belief of democracy?
Which thinker had a major influence on Jefferson and Madison?