AP World History: Enlightenment Flashcards
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| 9112016759 | English Second Treatise on Government 1689 | John Locke | 0 | |
| 9112016760 | People have natural rights, which they are born with. These rights are life, liberty, and property and they cannot be taken | John Locke | 1 | |
| 9112016761 | The goal of the government is to protect natural rights. If it fails, then the people have the right to overthrow it | John Locke | 2 | |
| 9112016762 | Influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Declarations of Rights of Man and Citizen | John Locke | 3 | |
| 9112016763 | French Hundreds of books Candid- most famous book - 1759 | Voltaire | 4 | |
| 9112016764 | Freedom of religion | Voltaire | 5 | |
| 9112016765 | Freedom of speech | Voltaire | 6 | |
| 9112016766 | Attacked the French monarchy and Catholic Church for denying freedom of speech and religion. | Voltaire | 7 | |
| 9112016767 | Wrote about evils of intolerance and used reason and evidence in his writings | Voltaire | 8 | |
| 9112016768 | Influenced the Bill of Rights | Voltaire | 9 | |
| 9112016769 | French On The Spirit of Laws - 1748 | Montesquieu | 10 | |
| 9112016770 | Separation of Powers - power separates into three branches: judiciary, executive, and parliament | Montesquieu | 11 | |
| 9112016771 | Elitist - afraid of uprising in lower class | Montesquieu | 12 | |
| 9112016772 | Checks and balances | Montesquieu | 13 | |
| 9112016773 | Influenced the Constitution with Checks and Balances | Montesquieu | 14 | |
| 9112016774 | French The Social Contract - 1762 | Rousseau | 15 | |
| 9112016775 | Popular sovereignty - people are the source of government | Rousseau | 16 | |
| 9112016776 | In the US people vote directly on some issues. Congress and president voted for by the people (regular elections) | Rousseau | 17 | |
| 9112016777 | French executed their king in 1794 | Rousseau | 18 | |
| 9112016778 | Vindication of the rights of a women | Mary Wollstonecraft | 19 | |
| 9112016779 | English advocate for women's rights First feminist | Mary Wollstonecraft | 20 | |
| 9112016780 | Got separated from her husband - decided to marry again | Mary Wollstonecraft | 21 | |
| 9112016781 | Feminist starts in 18th century | Mary Wollstonecraft | 22 | |
| 9112016782 | English Leviathan 1657 | Thomas Hobbes | 23 | |
| 9112016783 | Argued that humans are naturally selfish and violent | Thomas Hobbes | 24 | |
| 9112016784 | Social contract | Thomas Hobbes | 25 | |
| 9112016785 | Witnessed the worst of the French Revolution | Thomas Hobbes | 26 | |
| 9112016786 | Supports absolutism | Thomas Hobbes | 27 | |
| 9112016787 | Influenced the electoral college | Thomas Hobbes | 28 | |
| 9112016788 | Caused by | Scientific Revolution | 29 | |
| 9112016789 | Focus: | Social sciences Philosophical movement | 30 | |
| 9112016790 | Goal | Find social laws as solid as scientific laws | 31 | |
| 9112016791 | Language | English/French | 32 | |
| 9112016792 | Response to | Absolutism | 33 |