Good morning! Please take out homework and prepare for quiz on

English Civil War!

WARM UP

What do you feel are the most important things a government

should do for its people?

UEQ: How did the Age of Reason inspire new ideas about science and government?

DEQ: How did enlightenment thinkers spark a discussion about the relationship between people and their rulers?

Enlightenment

Unit 4, Day 4

Scientific Revolution 1. Scientific Revolution challenges old ideas 2. Challenges the RCC/traditional information 3. People begin to question the world around them

The Enlightenment1. Enlightenment = new ideas about government

2. Applies reason to the human world

3. Inspires tolerance and revolutions around the world

Philosophers:

Thinker: Thomas HobbesBook: Leviathan

Idea: Humans are primitive, government protects us.

So what? Support kings with total power. Power comes from force.

* Hobbes = HATE

Thinker: John LockeBook: Two Treatises of Government

Ideas: - People are good/ sovereign- Governments protect natural rights (life, liberty and property)- No such thing as “Divine Right”

So What?- Wanted limited government- Power comes from people

*Locke = LOVE

Thinker: MontesquieuBook: The Spirit of Laws

Ideas:• Separation of Powers• Checks and Balances

So What?Inspires US Constitution

* Three up, Three down (M)

Thinker: RousseauBook: The Social Contract

Idea:- Government is a contract between rulers and ruled - Violate that contract = revolution

So What? - Inspired revolutions all over the world- USA/France/Haiti

* Roussocial Contract

Thinker: VoltaireBook: Treatise on Toleration

Ideas:• Promoted religious tolerance• Separation of Church and State

So What?Inspired U.S. Bill of Rights (1st Amendment)

* V Religion Church

Thinker: Adam SmithBook: Wealth of Nations

Idea:Capitalism (Competition between businesses)

So What?Causes inequality

* $mith

Classwork

Complete individually and turn in to correct

tray please! :)

WRAP UPHow do the ideas of these 6 men still impact government and society today?

HW: Complete Day 4 HW

Launch: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt- Maurice Switzer