https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9 en-us 2016-12-20 00:40:10 UTC 2016-12-20 02:24:12 UTC hello@padlet.com jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402281 The Scientific Revolution caused a new generation of philosophers called philosophes to view reason as the best way to solve society's problem. This time of optimism and possibility became known as the Enlightenment, a time period from the late 1600s to late 1700s 

]]> 2016-12-20 00:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402281 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402456 believed that people were selfish and greedy and wrote about his views in his book Leviathan that was published in 1651
Believed that people needed government to impose order and believed absolute monarch was the best]]> 2016-12-20 00:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402456 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402585 French philosopher taught that people were born good but were corrupted by society 
he believed that government should work for the benefit of common citizen and agreed with the idea of social contract to benefit the community as a whole

]]> 2016-12-20 00:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144402585 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404405 an agreement that says citizens agree to give up some freedom for government

]]> 2016-12-20 01:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404405 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404439 English philosopher that taught people were naturally good, tolerant, happy and reasonable;
says that all people were born equal and with natural right of life, liberty and property
he said the purpose of government was to protect peoples natural rights and that a governments leaders should be chosen by the people]]> 2016-12-20 01:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404439 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404584 Parties hosted by Persian women where scholars met and discussed their ideas]]> 2016-12-20 01:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404584 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404677 a book written by John Locke where he described his ideas in ]]> 2016-12-20 01:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404677 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404728 The Scientific Revolution caused a new generation of philosophers 
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquies]]> 2016-12-20 01:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404728 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404965 French Thinker that argued that the best government included a separation of powers (dividing power among the branches of government)]]> 2016-12-20 01:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404965 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404975 French Philosophe Voltaire defended the ideas of freedom of thought, speech and expression]]> 2016-12-20 01:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404975 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404983 In the mid-1700s, French philosopher Denis Diderot complied the Encyclopedia
25 volume series of books which explained and promoted knowledge regarding art, government, religion, and science ]]> 2016-12-20 01:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404983 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404992 Challenged these views by demanding equal rights from women (especially in education) and argued that men and women should be equal in society if they received equal education]]> 2016-12-20 01:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144404992 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405005 Scottish economist Adam Smith recorded his viewpoints in his book, The Wealth of Nations
Argued that business activities should take place in a free marked without government interference and believed the market would be stronger if the forces of supply and demand were allowed to work freely ]]> 2016-12-20 01:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405005 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405010 The ideas of Enlightenment quickly throughout Europe, Russia, Austria, Prussia and the Americas
Recognizing that they could not achieve lasting change alone, several ]]> 2016-12-20 01:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405010 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405023 she actively exchanged letters with philosophes Diderot and Voltaire and attempted to apply many of their teachings to her reign]]> 2016-12-20 01:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405023 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405033 believed in absolute monarchy to make Prussia a strong nation. However, he believed strongly in teaching of Voltaire and introduced many reforms into his country]]> 2016-12-20 01:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405033 jahnyawaters5548 https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405050 son of Maria Theresa and was the most radical if the enlightened despots; initiated ambitious reforms in his nation]]> 2016-12-20 01:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jahnyawaters5548/t5mzsv715ac9/wish/144405050