1. an intellectual movement during the 17th and 18th centuries...
ENLIGHTENMENT
an intellectual movement during the
17th and 18th centuries...

2. THOMAS HOBBES HUMANS BORN SELFISH AND WICKED
PEOPLE NEED ABSOLUTE MONARCHY (CONTROL) FOR STABILITY
WROTE THESE IDEAS IN LEVIATHAN

3. JOHN LOCKE HUMANS BORN WITH NATURAL RIGHTS: LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY
THESE SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY GOVERNMENT
IDEAS WRITTEN IN TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT
INFLUENCED U.S. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

4. MONTESQUIEU SEPARATION OF POWERS SEPARATE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
CHECKS AND BALANCES
INFLUENCED CONSTITUTION OF U.S.

5. VOLTAIRE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, RELIGION, EXPRESSION
USED SATIRE TO CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT
INFLUENCED U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS

6. BECCARIA WROTE ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT
ABOLISHMENT OF TORTURE AND “CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT”
INFLUENCED U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS

7. WOLLSTONECRAFT WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND EQUALITY
WROTE IDEAS IN A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
INFLUENCED WOMEN’S RIGHTS’ GROUPS