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| supported free market ideas |
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| believed society placed too many limitations on peoples' behaviour |
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| rich people should not get special privileges |
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| people are naturally good, but society corrupts them |
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| democracy is a good form of government |
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| social and political reforms must be made before a man can be a good person |
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| produced the Encyclopedia to help spread Enlightenment ideas |
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| French government and Catholic Church opposed the books he published |
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| believed in equal education for both sexes |
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| people are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish and should be strictly controlled |
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| powerful government makes and orderly society |
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| social contract- people give up their freedom for an organized society |
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| natural rights such as life, liberty, and property |
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| people should have the right to overthrow a bad government |
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| all men are born free and equal |
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| the government should have limited power |
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| believed in freedom of speech and was imprisoned in the Bastille for running his mouth |
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| a scientist is greater than a conqering general |
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| clergy men are more interested in the Church's power than bettering man kind |
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| criticized monarchy in his book: Spirit of the Laws |
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| men are innocent until proven guilty |
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| seperation of powers- legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
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| slavery, torture, religious persecution, and censorship are all wrong |
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| different branches of the government should check eachother-- checks and balances |
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| wrote the Decleration of Independence and used Enlightenment theories (particularly those of John Locke) |
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| document that outlined citizens rights |
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| belief that the government should have nothing to do with the economy |
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| rooms where conversations on philosophes and enlightenment were held |
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| intellectuals of the Enlightnement period |
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| written by Thomas Jefferson and officialy broke all of the colonies' ties with Britain |
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| Decleration of Independence |
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| Polish monk who thought the universe was heliocentric |
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| Italian scientist whom made observations using a telescope and made improvements to the telescope |
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| wanted to usee practicality and modern science rather than ancient science to help further progress science |
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| was inspired by and apple and has three laws |
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| "humans are the masters of nature through science" |
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| confirmed the heliocentric theory by using astronomy |
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