20.4 Notes

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• 20.4 Notes
• Crusaders of Enlightenment
• A. Philosophes- advanced thinkers of
  Enlightenment
• 1.Natural Law- nature was to be
  predictable, should guide peoples
  actions
• 2. God created.
• 3. Rationalism- logical thinking, scientific
  method and logic
• a. Diderot
• 1. Edited The Encyclopedia
• 2. Attacked society, church, govt,
  slave trade, taxes, war

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• II. Political Criticism
• A. Montesquieu
• 1. wrote Spirit of the Laws
• 2. govt checks and balances
• B. Voltaire
• 1. wrote Candide
• 2. religious freedom and freedom of thought
• C. Rousseau
• 1. published The Social Contract
• 2. enlightened despotism- ruler would have
  absolute power, but govern using the ideas on
  Enlightenment
• 3. popular sovereignty- people choose ruler
• D. Mary Wollstonecraft
• 1. Enlightenment ideas should apply to women

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20.4 Activity

• Students will pair up to create Enlightenment
  trading cards (e.g. Baseball cards)
• Trading cards will be created on 3x5 index
  cards- 1 card per pair
• Cards must include
• 1. Illustration of chosen Enlightenment Person-
  Front
• Any Person from Chapter 20
• 2. Statistics/Information relevant to the
  Enlightenment Era about this person during
  his/her life- Back
• Students may use textbooks, handhelds, or
  classroom computers to do research.
• Due by the end of class on Friday (9/27).