| A | B |
|---|
| 1500-1800 | Scientific Revolution a.k.a. Age of Reason and Age of Enlightenment |
| "Natural Laws" | no killing people, and civil liberties |
| Scientific Method | use of logic, observation/experimentation, and mathematics |
| Thomas Hobbes | thought that people couldn't rule themselves |
| John Locke | believed in the rights of the individual and the role of goverment is to serve the people |
| Montesquieu | believed that the best goverment had 3 branches:Legislatie;Executive;and Judicial |
| Voltaire | believed in religious toleration and freedom of speech |
| Rousseau | wrote the socil contract and believed in equality |
