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8790469787The Enlightenment is also known asthe Age of Reason according to George Washington and Thomas Paine0
8790469788The notion of democracy came fromBaron de Montesquieu1
8790469789The constant testing of observations producedscience, arts, technology, and social contracts2
8790469790Baron 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
8790469791The rigors of scientific test gave riseto mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.4
8790469792One of the greatest technological advances from scientific inquiry wasmedicine.5
8790469793Anatomy is the study ofthe human body with dissection.6
8790469794Physiology is the study ofthe human body.7
8790469795Pathophysiology is the study ofdiseases.8
8790469796Thomas Hobbsbelieved the nature of human beings is naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish.9
8790469797Thomas Hobbs believed that people would:give up their base nature in order to have strong form of government that was unipolar.10
8790469798Thomas Hobbs supported:the conservative form of autocratic government or absolute monarchy.11
8790469799The downside of Hobbs belief is that he did not believe thatpeople could govern themselves.12
8790469800Thomas Hobbs wrote:Leviathan13
8790469801John Locke believed the opposite of Hobb which wasthat people are fundamentally reasonable and moral.14
8790469802John Locke believed thatnatural rights belonged to the people from birth15
8790469803The natural rights that John Locke believed in wereright to life, liberty, and possessions16
8790469804Locke believed in what kind of government?Limited government17
8790469805What 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
8790469806John Locke's main work isTwo Treatises of Government19
8790469807Adam Smith's work is calledWealth of Nations20
8790469808Adam 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
8790469809Adam Smith believed inlaissez faire economics. Government should not intervene.22
8790469810Adam Smith did not consider the downside ofmonopolies where capitalists do not care for competition, but would purchase it in order to eliminate it.23
8790469811Private property rights play a major rolefor Adam Smith24
8790469812There 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
8790469813The Enlightenment produced secularuniversities comprise of the sciences and the arts compared to the seminaries.26
8790469814The 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
8790469815The belief of the Enlightenment was by reason alone could changegovernment, law, and society.28
8790469816Voltaire defendedfreedom of thought.29
8790469817The Enlightenment lasted from roughly1650 to 180030
8790469818Denis Diderot produced the firstEncyclopedia31
8790469819Jean-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
8790469820Rousseau 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
8790469821Government and churches employed the following to prevent Enlightenment thoughtcensorship34
8790469822Salons back then wereplaces of discussion of literature, arts, science, and philosophy.35
8790469823Trends in music from this era producedBallets and opera.36
8790469824The following musicians were from the EnlightenmentBach, Handel, Mozart.37
8790469825George Washington did not stay president after his two terms becauseThat means he is a monarch38
8790469826Germaine de Staelargued that women have been left of the Enlightenment.39
8790469827Art and architecture of the Enlightenment was inspired from the...Greeks and Romans40
8790469828In Britain the whigs and tories were...landed aristocrats41
8790469829Isaac Newton is remembered for five contributions...1. Universal gravitation 2. Calculus 3. Optics 4. Newtonian Mechanics 5. Principia - Newtownian Methods42
8790469830Newton discovered the spectrum of...light.43
8790469831The 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
8790469832The 1707 to 1800 is generally considered...the era of the Enlightenment or the Age of Reason.45
8790469833The French Revolution was sparked by...extreme differences in wealth with poverty typical of the era with unequal taxation.46
8790469834Unequal taxation was a concern of the...American colonies.47
8790469835Constitutional 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
8790469836Who said "the best weapon against tyranny is the pen"?Voltair49
8790469837Who's busk is in Jean-Antoine Houdon's Salon?Voltair50

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