absolutism

The Catholic Priest belief in his religion is an example of absolutism.

the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.

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Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era.

Adam Smith FRSA was a Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and was a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era.

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Baron de Montesquieu 

 a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

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Cesare Beccaria

Cesare Beccaria is widely considered as the most talented jurist and one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment

Cesare Bonesana-Beccaria, Marquis of Gualdrasco and Villareggio was an Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, and politician, who is widely considered as the most talented jurist and one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment

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Dark Ages

The Dark Ages is what the period of the Fall of the Roman Empire was refered as.

The "Dark Ages" is a historical periodization  traditionally referring to the Middle Ages. It emphasizes the demographic, cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire, and the relative scarcity of written records from the period.

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Enlightenment

Enlightenment thinkers are who came up with ideas such as the Separation of Powers 

The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, The Century of Philosophy.

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Father Hidalgo

Father Hidalgo was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.

Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo-Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor, more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican

War of Independence.

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Ignorance

His ignorance showed on his score on the test

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Intolerance

Some people have an intolerance to gluten

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a writer, and composer of the 18th century.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.

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John Locke

John Locke was one of the Enlightenment thinkers.

John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".

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Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote two books that discussed women’s rights.

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book.

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philosophe

The philosophe's of the past are responsible for providing us with much of the knowledge we have now.

The philosophes (French for "philosophers") were the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Few were primarily philosophers; rather, philosophes were public intellectuals who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues.

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natural rights

When writing the Declaration of Independence, it was very important to out for-fathers that the natural rights be part of the final draft.

Philosophy

Philosophy would be an interesting class to take in collage

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

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Reason

Everybody should use reason behind there ideas

a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

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Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution is the rapid advances in European scientific, mathematical, and political thought, based on a new philosophy of empiricism and a faith in progress that defined Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Social Contract

Social Contact is a great skill to have

 an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.

Suffrage

Suffrage gave women the right to vote

Superstition

Friday the 13th is one of the many superstitions

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy.

Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy.

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