The Enlightenment

3. First effect of the enlightenment.
4. He believed that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the “general will” of society—a direct democracy.
7. He used satire and never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
10. Third effect of the enlightenment.
12. A social critic of the enlightenment period.
13. A new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.
14. Division of executive, legislative, and judicial powers.

1. Second effect of the enlightenment.
2. He regularly criticised common abuses of justice.
5. To escape such a bleak life, people had to hand over their rights to a strong ruler.
6. Argues that the ruler needed total power to keep citizens under control (absolute monarchy).
8. She used Enlightenment arguments about government to criticise the unequal relationship between men and women in marriage.
9. She argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful.
11. Argued that all people are born free and equal, with three natural rights— life, liberty, and property.