Enlightenment

What is it?European movement

in literature and philosophy

“darkness” of past ages corrected by human reason

Who?John Locke, EnglishTwo Treatises of Government

The state is supreme, must follow natural laws based on people’s rights

Ultimate power is with the peopleRight to revolt if government fails to protect

rights

Locke’s ImpactRationale for RevolutionPrinciples of Constitution

OthersFormative influence on Washington,

Jefferson, Franklin, AdamsDeists

God established natural laws in creating, but not involved in human affairs

Jean-Jacques RousseauEducation of whole person is key to

civilization

Rousseau – Discourse on Inequality“The first man who, having fenced in a piece of

land, said "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody. ”  

RevolutionariesSimón BolívarFrench Revolution