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12407008503The Enlightenment is also known asthe Age of Reason according to George Washington and Thomas Paine0
12407008504The notion of democracy came fromBaron de Montesquieu1
12407008505The constant testing of observations producedscience, arts, technology, and social contracts2
12407008506Baron de Montesquieu mistakenlythought that benevolent monarchies had separate judicial and legislative branches of government. However, the idea of an executive, legislative, and judicial form government resonated throughout the era.3
12407008507The rigors of scientific test gave riseto mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.4
12407008508One of the greatest technological advances from scientific inquiry wasmedicine.5
12407008509Anatomy is the study ofthe human body with dissection.6
12407008510Physiology is the study ofthe human body.7
12407008511Pathophysiology is the study ofdiseases.8
12407008512Thomas Hobbsbelieved the nature of human beings is naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish.9
12407008513Thomas Hobbs believed that people would:give up their base nature in order to have strong form of government that was unipolar.10
12407008514Thomas Hobbs supported:the conservative form of autocratic government or absolute monarchy.11
12407008515The downside of Hobbs belief is that he did not believe thatpeople could govern themselves.12
12407008516Thomas Hobbs wrote:Leviathan13
12407008517John Locke believed the opposite of Hobb which wasthat people are fundamentally reasonable and moral.14
12407008518John Locke believed thatnatural rights belonged to the people from birth15
12407008519The natural rights that John Locke believed in wereright to life, liberty, and possessions16
12407008520Locke believed in what kind of government?Limited government17
12407008521What made John Locke a radical wasHis belief that if the government fails in its obligations to the people and violates the rights of the people, the citizens have the right to overthrow the government.18
12407008522John Locke's main work isTwo Treatises of Government19
12407008523Adam Smith's work is calledWealth of Nations20
12407008524Adam Smith believed in three economic laws1. The individual will work harder if he has a self-interest in the outcome. 2. Competition will produce a balanced market 3. Supply and demand will be in balance21
12407008525Adam Smith believed inlaissez faire economics. Government should not intervene.22
12407008526Adam Smith did not consider the downside ofmonopolies where capitalists do not care for competition, but would purchase it in order to eliminate it.23
12407008527Private property rights play a major rolefor Adam Smith24
12407008528There is a continued debate regarding government intervention from Adam Smith's economic theoryShould government social welfare programs address the inequity of Adam Smith. Should the government prevent stratifying of economic classes.25
12407008529The Enlightenment produced secularuniversities comprise of the sciences and the arts compared to the seminaries.26
12407008530The textbooks were a departure from religious texts andproduced an increase in literacy during this period that spread ideas from the Enlightenment around the world.27
12407008531The belief of the Enlightenment was by reason alone could changegovernment, law, and society.28
12407008532Voltaire defendedfreedom of thought.29
12407008533The Enlightenment lasted from roughly1650 to 180030
12407008534Denis Diderot produced the firstEncyclopedia31
12407008535Jean-Jacques Rousseaubelieved that people in their natural state were good but were corrupted by society with a primarily focus on unequal distribution of wealth.32
12407008536Rousseau work is entitled and contained the fundamental beliefsThe Social Contract. He believed governments should be freely elected. Rousseau was exception to the notion of individualism aside and believed the good of community should placed above the concern of the individual.33
12407008537Government and churches employed the following to prevent Enlightenment thoughtcensorship34
12407008538Salons back then wereplaces of discussion of literature, arts, science, and philosophy.35
12407008539Trends in music from this era producedBallets and opera.36
12407008540The following musicians were from the EnlightenmentBach, Handel, Mozart.37
12407008541George Washington did not stay president after his two terms becauseThat means he is a monarch38
12407008542Germaine de Staelargued that women have been left of the Enlightenment.39
12407008543Art and architecture of the Enlightenment was inspired from the...Greeks and Romans40
12407008544In Britain the whigs and tories were...landed aristocrats41
12407008545Isaac Newton is remembered for five contributions...1. Universal gravitation 2. Calculus 3. Optics 4. Newtonian Mechanics 5. Principia - Newtownian Methods42
12407008546Newton discovered the spectrum of...light.43
12407008547The Enlightenment involved scientific method...1. First ask a question 2. Do background research 3. Construct a hypothesis (idea) 4. Test the research and draw a conclusion (from the idea) 5. Report results True or false for the hypotheses.44
12407008548The 1707 to 1800 is generally considered...the era of the Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.45
12407008549The French Revolution was sparked by...extreme differences in wealth with poverty typical of the era with unequal taxation.46
12407008550Unequal taxation was a concern of the...American colonies.47
12407008551Constitutional monarchy is known as a British...form of government in which the king retains his position as head of state, while the authority to tax and make new laws resides in an elected body.48
12407008552Who said "the best weapon against tyranny is the pen"?Voltair49
12407008553Who's busk is in Jean-Antoine Houdon's Salon?Voltair50

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