Directions: Follow Ms. Avar S Lecture to Complete the Notes Below. If You Were Absent

World History
Ms. Avar
Point Value:
/ 5 / / Enlightenment in Europe / Full Name:______
Period #:______
Today’s Date:______
Assignment #:______

Directions: Follow Ms. Avar’s lecture to complete the notes below. If you were absent, make an appointment to use the sample binder and/or see the class webpage for answers.

“______” – an ______

•  “The ______” based on the ______Revolution: Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply reason and scientific method to ______that shaped ______and society.

•  Writers and authors held discussions and ______called “______”.

•  ______who followed Enlightenment ideas in part – but were ______to give up much ______– were called “______”

TWO VIEWS ON GOVERNMENT
Thomas ______
–  Believed there would be a ______of “______” if there was ______.
–  “______”: agreement between ______and their ______. People give up their ______to the ______to live in a ______and orderly way.
–  Best government is that of a ______who can force ______. /
John ______
–  Believed people have three natural rights:
•  ______
•  ______
•  ______
•  If government ______the three rights, people have ______
______. /

The Philosophes ______

•  ______: Social ______/ French ______

•  Five main beliefs:

•  ______: ______can be discovered through ______or ______.

•  ______: What was ______was also______and reasonable.

•  HAPPINESS: Rejected the medieval idea that people ______to find joy in the afterlife, and urged people to seek ______and well-being ______!

•  ______: Society and humankind ______.

•  ______: People should ______& ______.

Voltaire
–  Most ______of the philosophes
–  Fought for ______, ______, freedom of ______and freedom of ______. /
Montesquieu
–  Wrote about ______: dividing government among the separate ______.
/
Rousseau
–  Wrote in favor of ______.
–  Wanted society in which ______. /
Beccaria
–  Italian
–  Spoke against ______
–  Abolish (get rid of)______/
Mary Wollstonecraft
–  Wrote about ______: “If all men are born free, how is it that ______?”
–  Many Enlightenment thinkers wanted ______but paid ______to the fact that women didn’t have such rights. /

Legacy of Enlightenment

•  Influenced ______and ______

•  Spread the idea of______

•  Use reason to ______

•  Made world ______and more ______.

•  Importance of ______.