Thomas Jefferson (American)

Ideas:

All men are created equal.

You can break away from the government if you don’t like what

it’s doing.

Major work:

The Declaration of Independence

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Benjamin Franklin (American)

Idea:

No taxation without representation.

Major works:

Declaration of Independence

Constitution of the United States

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Adam Smith (Scottish)

Idea:

Government should not try to control the economy.

Major work:

The Wealth of Nations

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Denis Diderot (French)

Idea:

All things in the world must be studied without worrying about anyone's feelings.

Major work:

Encyclopaedia

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

John Locke (British)

Idea:

People have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

Major work:Two Treatises on Government

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French)

Idea:

Popular sovereignty: government must do what the people want it to do.

Major work:

The Social Contract

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Charles-Louis Montesquieu (French)

Idea:

A government’s power should be limited, and it should be

divided among different groups of people.

Major work:

The Spirit of the Laws

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Voltaire (French)

Idea:Free speech: “I may disapprove

of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to

say it.”

Major work:

Candide

Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

Mary Wollstonecraft (British)

Idea:

Women should have the same rights and opportunities that

men have

Major work:

Vindication of the Rights of Women