The Enlightenment (jan 1, 1700 – jan 1, 1815)

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- Thomas Hobbes
- Supported monarchy
- Wrote the Leviathan
- Believed people were inherently evil
- Wanted strong central government

- John Locke
- Wrote the Two Treaties on Government
- "Natural rights: Life, liberty, and Property"
- Government to protect those rights

- Montesquieu
- Wrote the Spirit of Laws
- Believed in Separation of powers
- Checks and Balances
*disagreed with Hobbes

- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- The Social Contract
- General Will of the Population
-> Mass voting (all people)
- Government carries out the General Will

- Voltaire
- Freedom of Speech
- Against Religious Fanaticism

- Adams Smith
- Wrote the Wealth of Nations
- Argues against mercantilism
- called for free trade
- laissez-faire

- Thomas Paine
- "Common Since"
- Age of Resoson

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