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| Enlightenment | when it was believed that the power of government should be limited so that the rights of people may be protected; moreover, human reason would lead to progress |
| John Locke, Descartes, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Voltaire | famous enlightenment thinkers |
| Scientific Revolution | when new ideas for different types of sciences led to a rejection of Greco-Roman scentific doctrines which had been accepted throughout the Middle Ages |
| Renaissance | a time when human and secular achievements were emphasized; Greco-Roman literature was revived |
| Two Treatises of Government | written by John Locke; emphasizes that rulers get their powers from the people |
| Spirit of the Laws | written by Montesquieu; emphasizes that the branches of government should be separated in order to limit the power of government |
| Social Contract | written by Rousseau; emphasizes that people are basically good and that government should listen to the will of the people |
| Revolutions | when men rebel against government on account of the spread of the ideas of individual rights and liberty which came out of the Enlightenment |
