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The Enlightenment
Enlightenment
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International Studies
9th Grade
01/11/2009

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John Locke
Definition
1. Blank Slate
2. Natural Rights
3. Social Contract
Term
Blank Slate Theory
Definition
blank slate when born, up to society to make good.
Term
Montesquieu
Definition
1. 3 Branches of government
2. no monarchy
3. checks and balances
4. separation of powers
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Voltaire
Definition
1. Deism
2. Religiously Tolerant
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Rousseau
Definition
1. General Will
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Hobbes
Definition
1. Humans naturally in state of war - need powerful government to control
2. Not Philosophe
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Diderot
Definition
1. Education - Encyclopedia
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Adam Smith
Definition
1. economist
2. Government not interfere with economic progress
3. capitalism
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Laissaz-Faire
Definition
Government "handsoff" philosophy
Term
Cesare Beccaria
Definition
1. Against capital punishment (cruel and unusual)
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Salon
Definition
Place where women could come and discuss big issues that they weren't normally supposed to talk about
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Checks and Balances
Definition
System in which the 3 branches of government are able to check each other to make sure one doesn't get too powerful.
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Separation of Powers
Definition
Theory in which all 3 branches of government are separated and control themselves individually.
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