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3979173451The Enlightenment is also known asthe Age of Reason according to George Washington and Thomas Paine0
3979173453The notion of democracy came fromBaron de Montesquieu1
3979173454The constant testing of observations producedscience, arts, technology, and social contracts2
3979173455Baron 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
3979173456The rigors of scientific test gave riseto mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.4
3979173457One of the greatest technological advances from scientific inquiry wasmedicine.5
3979173458Anatomy is the study ofthe human body with dissection.6
3979173459Physiology is the study ofthe human body.7
3979173460Pathophysiology is the study ofdiseases.8
3979173461Thomas Hobbsbelieved the nature of human beings is naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish.9
3979173462Thomas Hobbs believed that people would:give up their base nature in order to have strong form of government that was unipolar.10
3979173463Thomas Hobbs supported:the conservative form of autocratic government or absolute monarchy.11
3979173464The downside of Hobbs belief is that he did not believe thatpeople could govern themselves.12
3979173465Thomas Hobbs wrote:Leviathan13
3979173466John Locke believed the opposite of Hobb which wasthat people are fundamentally reasonable and moral.14
3979173467John Locke believed thatnatural rights belonged to the people from birth15
3979173468The natural rights that John Locke believed in wereright to life, liberty, and possessions16
3979173469Locke believed in what kind of government?Limited government17
3979173470What 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
3979173471John Locke's main work isTwo Treatises of Government19
3979173472Adam Smith's work is calledWealth of Nations20
3979173473Adam 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
3979173474Adam Smith believed inlaissez faire economics. Government should not intervene.22
3979173475Adam Smith did not consider the downside ofmonopolies where capitalists do not care for competition, but would purchase it in order to eliminate it.23
3979173476Private property rights play a major rolefor Adam Smith24
3979173477There 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
3979173478The Enlightenment produced secularuniversities comprise of the sciences and the arts compared to the seminaries.26
3979173479The 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
3979173480The belief of the Enlightenment was by reason alone could changegovernment, law, and society.28
3979173481Voltaire defendedfreedom of thought.29
3979173482The Enlightenment lasted from roughly1650 to 180030
3979173483Denis Diderot produced the firstEncyclopedia31
3979173484Jean-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
3979173485Rousseau 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
3979173486Government and churches employed the following to prevent Enlightenment thoughtcensorship34
3979173487Salons back then wereplaces of discussion of literature, arts, science, and philosophy.35
3979173488Trends in music from this era producedBallets and opera.36
3979173489The following musicians were from the EnlightenmentBach, Handel, Mozart.37
3979173490George Washington did not stay president after his two terms becauseThat means he is a monarch38
3979173491Germaine de Staelargued that women have been left of the Enlightenment.39
3979173492Art and architecture of the Enlightenment was inspired from the...Greeks and Romans40
3979173493In Britain the whigs and tories were...landed aristocrats41
3979173494Isaac Newton is remembered for five contributions...1. Universal gravitation 2. Calculus 3. Optics 4. Newtonian Mechanics 5. Principia - Newtownian Methods42
3979173495Newton discovered the spectrum of...light.43
3979173496The 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
3979173497The 1707 to 1800 is generally considered...the era of the Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.45
3979173498The French Revolution was sparked by...extreme differences in wealth with poverty typical of the era with unequal taxation.46
3979173499Unequal taxation was a concern of the...American colonies.47
3979173500Constitutional 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
3979365038Who said "the best weapon against tyranny is the pen"?Voltair49
3979367056Who's busk is in Jean-Antoine Houdon's Salon?Voltair50

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