| A | B |
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| John Locke | People have a natural right to life, liberty, and property |
| John Locke | If people are not happy with their government they have the right to overthrow (change) it |
| John Locke | Government exists to protect the rights of the people |
| Thomas Hobbes | Man is naturally evil and government exists to protect people from other people |
| Thomas Hobbes | People willingly give up some of their individual freedom in exchange for safety |
| Voltaire | Individual freedoms |
| Voltaire | "I may disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." |
| Jean Jaques Rousseau | Social Contract: A written document between the people and the government listing the rights and obligations of the people and the government. |
| Baron de Montesquieu | Separation of powers |
| Baron de Montesquieu | Three branches of government |
| Jean Jaques Rousseau | Believed that the majority should always work for the common good |
| Baron de Montesquieu | "There can be no liberty where the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are united in one person." |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | Argued for more education for women and equality in marriage |
| John Locke | Wrote "Two Treatises of Government" |
| Jean Jaques Rousseau | "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." |
| Thomas Hobbes | "Life without government is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." |
| Copernicus | Discovered the heliocentric theory |
| Frances Bacon | Developed the scientific method |
| Galileo Galilei | Used reason and telescope to prove heliocentric theory |
| Galileo Galilei | Declared a heretic by the Church and was forced to take back what he said |
| Isaac Newton | Discovered the laws of gravity and motion |
