The Enlightenment

2. Life, liberty, and property- the three rights people are born with that the government must protect.
3. A system of governing in which the monarch's power is limited by the law. Ex: in England
4. The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, and create an organized society or government.
5. A monarch who has unlimited power and seeks to control every aspect of society. Ex: in France, Russia, Spain, Austria
8. Put forth the idea that government's power came from the consent of the governed, and came up with the idea of natural (inalienable) rights – life, liberty and property.
9. Believed women should have an equal education.
11. The intellectual movement of the mid-1700s that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems. Another name for the Enlightenment.
12. Was convinced that man was naturally selfish and that they needed a absolute monarch to keep control.
13. Beliefs about the rights of the accused influenced the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Amendments.

1. This document written in 1689 limited the power of the English monarchs.
6. Famously said: “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" and defended free speech and religious toleration.
7. Believed that there should be a separation of federal power into three (3) branches.
10. Believed that direct democracy directed by the "general will" was the only good type of government, and this idea would inspire the French Revolution.