World History
By Isaac Padilla
Enlightenment
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Cesare Beccaria
Baron de Montesquieu
Big Ideas
Humans are selfish so they should hand over their rights
Government should protect people’s natural rights
Believed that laws existed to prevent crime not avenge it, and that torture should never be used
Believed in separation of Powers
How Do They Influence Us Today
In North Korea the people hand over all their rights to their ruler
In the US constitution it is stated that everyone has the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
In the USA today we do not allow cruel and unusual punishment
In the USA today we have three separated powers that form our government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Voltaire
Big Ideas
Believed in individual freedom and direct democracy
Believed that slavery was wrong
Believed that everyone should get an education regardless of social status
Believed in tolerance, reason and freedom of speech
How Do They Influence Us Today
Today in the U.S. we have a democracy
The U.S. has abolished slavery
Today in the U.S. it is mandatory for children under the age of eighteen to go to school
In the USA today we have freedom of speech
Mary Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
Father Hidalgo
Simon Bolivar
Big Ideas
Believed women should be treated equally along with men
Believed in free enterprise
Believed that people should fight for their beliefs such as independence
Believed that there should be a strong central government, and that the power should be divided amongst branches
How Do They Influence Us Today
In the USA today women are treated equally with men (mostly)
In the united states today the government has little power when it comes to enterprise
The U.S. before it became the U.S. fought for it’s independence from england
In the U.S. we have a strong central government divided into three different branches
Three Rights I Think Are Essential To A Successful Society
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Tolerance
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Equality
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Laws
Old View VS New View
The World Is Flat
The World Is Round
Slavery Is Ok
Slavery Is Not Ok
Women Shouldn’t Have Rights
Women Should Have Rights
Homosexuals Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Get Married
Homosexuals Should Be Allowed To Get Married
You have to believe in god and go to church
You don’t have to believe and if you do, you don’t have to go to church
Vocabulary
Word
My Definition
Real Definition
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Enlightenment
A time at which people think for themselves
a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers
Philosophe
A thinker
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
Natural Rights
Rights that you are born with, and that cannot be taken away
Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
Absolutism
Absolute; nothing negates nor surpasses it
the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.
Liberty
Freedom from the government
the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.
Deism
A religion
belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe