| A | B |
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| Social Contract Theory | When humans give up their natural rights to gain protection from a government. |
| Thomas Hobbes | people are naturally evil |
| John Locke | People are naturally good. People have the right to get rid of governments that do not meet their needs |
| Voltairre | All people have the right to free speech, choice of religion, and should use reason to solve problems. |
| Montesquieu | Governments should be separated into three branches. |
| Mary Wolstonecraft | Women should have all the rights that men have. |
| The Enlightenment | Intellectual movement in Europe. People began to question the purpose of governments. |
| governments | only exist to meet the needs of the people. |
| failing governments | can be overthrown by the people. |
| governments rule... | ...with the consent (permission) of the governed (people) |
| Reasonable thought | a method for solving all social problems |
| Nationalism | Pride/loyalty to ones country |
| Galileo | Discovered the sun was the center of the universe |
| Heliocentric theory | The belief that the Earth is the center of the Universe |
| Geocentric theory | the earth is the center of the universe |
| Scientific Method | A process for proving an experiment. |
