| A | B |
| Salons | Where great thinkers gathered to share ideas |
| John Locke | The government's job was to protect individuals' natural rights |
| Thomas Hobbes | The government's job was to promote peace, order, and safety. |
| Social Contract | Individuals must give up freedoms in return for protection. |
| Voltaire | Radical who objected to injustice |
| Baron de Montesque | Encourage government with a separation of powers |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | Encouraged equal education for the sexes |
| Jean Jaques Rousseau | Called upon individuals to give up freedoms to benefit the whole |
| England | Home to both Hobbes & Locke |
| France | Home to both Rousseau and Voltaire |