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1 Roots of Revolution Define Terms page 393 (all) Term/page# People To Identify: RoundheadsCavaliers Whigs Rump ParliamentThomas HobbesJohn Locke Critical Thinking Activities: 35 & 36 (worksheets)

2 The Enlightenment Timeline 1690-John Locke publishes the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and the Second Treatise of Government. 1748- Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of the Laws. 1751-Twenty-eight volumes of Encyclopedia are published. 1759- Voltaire publishes Candide. 1762-Rousseau publishes Emile & The Social Contract. 1764- Cesare Beccaria publishes the Essay on Crimes & Punishments. 1776 Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations. 1795- Condorcet’s Progress of the Human Mind is published.

3 Enlightenment Philosophes John Locke-(1632-1704) Knowledge from Experience. Natural Rights Voltaire- (1694-1778) Enlightened Despotism, ruler promotes reform. i.e. Russia. Rousseau (1712-1778)- The Social Contract, Natural education we enter into a General Will. Montesquieu (1689-1755)-No ideal political system. Separation of Powers The Spirit of the Laws (American & French constitutions). Adam Smith (1723-1790)- Wealth of Nations: Economic self- interest. Attacked mercantilism.

4 Enlightenment: Age of Reason Scientific Revolution-The human mind can understand the secrets of the physical universe. Scientific Revolution used intellectual powers to to discover natural laws. Thinkers of the enlightenment sought through reasoning to discover the natural laws that governed the affairs of human beings & human society. They criticized the existence of absolute monarchy & the established church and proposed a reforms designed to eliminate abuses & promote individual freedom. The Enlightenment thinkers are known collectively as the philosphes. They were more known as critics of the Olde Regime & developed new ideas about government, economics, and religion and worked to improve human conditions to reform society. Deism.


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