CHAPTER 20 .4

The Enlightenment

What is it?

Age of Reason, use science to explain human nature

Began in France during 1700’s

Thinkers of Enlightenment called Philosophes

People of Enlightenment

Denis Diderot Edited The Encyclopedia

People of the Enlightenment

Baron de Montesquieu Best gov. is divided into 3 branches Checks and Balances

People of the Enlightenment

Voltaire Believed people had a right to personal freedoms

Speech

“I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your rightTo say it”

People of the Enlightenment

Jean Jacques Rousseau Popular Sovereignty

Rule by people

People of the Enlightenment

Mary Wollstonecraft Women’s rights