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Constructive Response QuestionWhat was the Enlightenment, who were some of the key contributors, and how did it impact society?
Definition❏ An intellectual
movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
Causes of the Enlightenment
❏ Renaissance❏ inspired a spirit of curiosity in many fields❏ humanism: focus on human potential and
achievements ❏ Reformation
❏ People began to question the church❏ Scientific Revolution
❏ People began to question the natural world
Use the chart to take notes on Enlightenment ideas
Thinker Enlightenment Ideas
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes & Social Contract❏ Humans are naturally selfish
and wicked
❏ People need a strong government to keep them in order: Absolute Monarch
Life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish & short” (English Civil War)
social contract
John Locke & Natural Rights❏ People have the right to life,
liberty and property
❏ The purpose of government is to protect these rights❏ If a government fails to protect these
rights, the people can overthrow the government
❏ Wrote during Glorious Revolution
Voltaire & Toleration❏ Freedom of religious belief
(Catholics v. Huguenots) ❏ Freedom of speech and
press❏ Satire
“I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Montesquieu and Separation of Powers
❏ Separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control
“Power should be a check to power”
Rousseau & Equality❏ All people are equal❏ Titles of nobility
should be abolished❏ The government
belongs to the people and should represent the general will of the majority (democratic)
❏ Inspire French Rev
Complete the DBQs on Page 631
Mary Wollstonecraft & Equality❏ Equality for women❏ Urged women to
enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics
“If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves”
Impact of the Enlightenment❏ Enlightenment ideas inspired the American,
French, and Latin American revolutions and the creation of the modern democracy
❏ Spread the idea of progress❏ More secular society❏ Rise of individualism
Review of Enlightenment http://www.teachertube.com/video/introduction-to-the-enlightenment-395301
Complete the Skillbuilder: Interpreting Charts on page 632 Questions 1 & 2
Complete the constructive response question in your notes
What was the Enlightenment, who were some of the key contributors, and how did it impact society?
-definition in your own words-2 most important thinkers- why are their ideas so great? - explain 1 impact on society
