| A | B |
|---|
| Enlightenment | new intelletual movement; stressed reason, thought, natural rights |
| Social Contract | agreement between the people and government (ruler) |
| John Locke | English. Belief in natual rights, people born good |
| Thomas Hobbes | English. Belief in monarchy, social contract need, man is bad |
| philosophes | French. Social critics, philiosophers |
| Voltaire | French. pen name. philiosopher, freedom of speech |
| Montesquieu | French. separation of powers/checks and balances in gov't |
| Rousseau | Swiss. individual freedom, no classes/no aristocracy |
| Cesare Beccaria | Italian. reform criminal justice system, no torture |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | English. Women's rights, education |
| Natural Rights | John Locke, rights we are born with: life liberty |
| Separation of Powers influenced by | Montesquieu influence |
| Bill of Rights influenced by | Voltaire & Beccaria influence |
| Balance of Powers influenced by | Montesquieu influence |
| Religious freedoms influenced by | Rosseau influence |
| Criminal justtice influence by | Beccaria influence |
| Declaration of Independence influcned by | John Locke influence |
