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Enlightenment Thinkers

Match the idea with the Enlightened thinker.

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Thomas HobbesPeople were naturally selfish and greedy
Thomas HobbesThe only right people has was to protect their own lives.
Thomas HobbesPeople eed a monarch to keep order and to tell them how to live.
John LockeHe believed all people were born equal.
John LockeNatural rights of life, liberty and property.
John LockeBelieved if the govt. did not protect people's natural rights they had the right to overthrow it.
John LockeBelieved that each person is born with a blank slate and their experiences determine woh they are.
Rousseau"Man is born free but everywhere is in chains."
RousseauBelieved people were naturally good but society corrupted people.
RousseauPopular sovereignty.
RousseauBelieved that government works for ALL the people.
Montesquieu3 branches of govt.
Montesquieuchecks and balances.
VoltaireWitty French writer who supported justice, liberty, and relighious tolerance.
Voltairecritical of French society, govt. & Church corruption.
VoltaireFought for religious tolerance.
Mary WollstonecraftDemanded equal rights for women.
Adam SmithEconomist who used reason to analyze economic systems.
Adam SmithFounded the Capitalist economic system.
Adam SmithStrong believer of laissez-faire economics.


Mr. Dixon
Plainville Kansas High School
Plainville, KS

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