Good morning! Please take out homework and prepare for quiz on
English Civil War!
WARM UP
What do you feel are the most important things a government
should do for its people?
UEQ: How did the Age of Reason inspire new ideas about science and government?
DEQ: How did enlightenment thinkers spark a discussion about the relationship between people and their rulers?
Enlightenment
Unit 4, Day 4
Scientific Revolution 1. Scientific Revolution challenges old ideas 2. Challenges the RCC/traditional information 3. People begin to question the world around them
The Enlightenment1. Enlightenment = new ideas about government
2. Applies reason to the human world
3. Inspires tolerance and revolutions around the world
Philosophers:
Thinker: Thomas HobbesBook: Leviathan
Idea: Humans are primitive, government protects us.
So what? Support kings with total power. Power comes from force.
* Hobbes = HATE
Thinker: John LockeBook: Two Treatises of Government
Ideas: - People are good/ sovereign- Governments protect natural rights (life, liberty and property)- No such thing as “Divine Right”
So What?- Wanted limited government- Power comes from people
*Locke = LOVE
Thinker: MontesquieuBook: The Spirit of Laws
Ideas:• Separation of Powers• Checks and Balances
So What?Inspires US Constitution
* Three up, Three down (M)
Thinker: RousseauBook: The Social Contract
Idea:- Government is a contract between rulers and ruled - Violate that contract = revolution
So What? - Inspired revolutions all over the world- USA/France/Haiti
* Roussocial Contract
Thinker: VoltaireBook: Treatise on Toleration
Ideas:• Promoted religious tolerance• Separation of Church and State
So What?Inspired U.S. Bill of Rights (1st Amendment)
* V Religion Church
Thinker: Adam SmithBook: Wealth of Nations
Idea:Capitalism (Competition between businesses)
So What?Causes inequality
* $mith
Classwork
Complete individually and turn in to correct
tray please! :)
WRAP UPHow do the ideas of these 6 men still impact government and society today?
HW: Complete Day 4 HW
Launch: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt- Maurice Switzer