Enlightenment

1. inequality, injustice, and superstition, and wrote against the slave trade and religious prejudice.
3. She accepted that a woman’s first duty was to be a good mother but felt that a woman should be able to decide what was in her own interest without depending on her husband.
5. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
7. worked for years to produce a 28-volume set of books called the Encyclopedia.
8. argued that people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish and If not strictly controlled, they would fight, rob, and oppress one another.
9. smith argued that the free market should be allowed to regulate business activity.
10. felt that the best way to protect liberty was to divide the various functions and powers of government among three branches

2. thought people were basically reasonable and moral.
4. Believes people are basically good, but the evils of society corrupt their natural innocence.
6. had certain natural rights, or rights that belonged to all humans from birth. These included the right to life, liberty, and property.