The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment began in France, in the 1700s. This was intellectual movement, which Its leaders were called philosephes. They used reasoning to discover their surrounding.
The most famous enlightenment in that era were: John Lock
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
John Lock
John Locke was an English philosophe, who was from the Enlightenment. He wrote Two Treatises of Government, which published in 1690. his book included that people should have natural rights (freedom, property, liberty, and life). He claimed that the government should protect people’s rights, however, if the government broke the contract, people would rebel and form a new government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosophe, who was from the Enlightenment. He said that the goods of the society should come first, then the individuals goods should come second.
Montesquieu
He was a French man. He had the ideas of balancing the three branches:
His ideas influenced the father of U.S. Constitution, James Madison.
The most famous enlightenment in that era were: John Lock
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
John Lock
John Locke was an English philosophe, who was from the Enlightenment. He wrote Two Treatises of Government, which published in 1690. his book included that people should have natural rights (freedom, property, liberty, and life). He claimed that the government should protect people’s rights, however, if the government broke the contract, people would rebel and form a new government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosophe, who was from the Enlightenment. He said that the goods of the society should come first, then the individuals goods should come second.
Montesquieu
He was a French man. He had the ideas of balancing the three branches:
- legislative branch to make laws
- executive branch to enforce and carry out the laws
- judicial branch to interpret the laws
His ideas influenced the father of U.S. Constitution, James Madison.