1. People of the Enlightenment 1600s &1700s
Hobbes
Voltaire
John Locke
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Rousseau
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Montesquieu

2. People of the Enlightenment- 1600s &1700s
Observation: Government exists to “preserve life, liberty, and property”.
Hypothesis: People should be sovereign (rule).
Hypothesis: Monarchs are not chosen by God.
John Locke
From: England
Wrote: Two Treatises on
Government
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3. People of the Enlightenment- 1600s &1700s
Observation: Life without government is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Hypothesis: Absolute government needed to control evil behavior (but not divine right)
Hobbes
From: England
Wrote: Leviathan
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4. People of the Enlightenment- 1600s &1700s
Observation: “When the legislature and executive are united in the same person, there is no liberty (freedom”.
Hypothesis: Government must have “Separation of Powers”…Three branches
Montesquieu
From: France
Wrote: The spirit of Laws
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5. People of the Enlightenment- 1600s &1700s
Observation:”man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
Hypothesis: Governments is a contract between people and rulers…People can break it (rebel).
Rousseau
From: France
Wrote: The Social Contract
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6. People of the Enlightenment- 1600s &1700s
Observation: Life is better with liberty.
Hypothesis: Freedom of speech and religion, separation of church and state…
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire
From: France
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8. People of the Enlightenment -1600s & 1700s
Name
From
Wrote
Main Ideas
John Locke
England
“Two Treatises on Government”
Preserve Life, Liberty, and property
People should rule
Hobbes
“Leviathan”
Government should control evil behavior not divine right.
Montesquieu
France
“The Spirit
of Laws”
Separation of Powers…3 branches
Rousseau
“The Social
Contract”
Government should have a contract between government and rulers
Voltaire
Life is better with liberty
Free Speech
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