inspiring revolution
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Inspiring RevolutionInspiring
RevolutionBy Mr. CaseyBy Mr. Casey
Agenda
• Vocabulary
• Philosophers and Ideas
Enlighten• (verb) to give someone
great knowledge about a subject
Philosophy• (noun) The study of the
fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
rights• (noun) a moral or legal
entitlement
The enlightenment
• A period of time in Europe (18th century), sometimes called the “Age of Reason,” when people discussed ideas on science, law, religion, education, and government. People began to question authority and discuss ways they could change society for the better. They took a greater interest in nature and our place in the world.
These ideas would influence our
founding fathers and guide them in the
forming of our constitution.
The enlightenment
These ideas would influence our
founding fathers and guide them in the
forming of our constitution.
The Great Awakening
*Preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield preach to colonists about questioning authority and thinking for themselves. *This leads them to believe that it is possible to rule themselves. They don’t need to look to a higher power (like the king).
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Natural LawProposed the idea that all men are born with certain rights and the government is only needed to protect those rights. “Life, liberty, and property”
He also believed in freedom of religion
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Voltaire
Believed in a right to a fair trial
Freedom of religion
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.”
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There should be no class system: All men are created equal
man is born good, but corrupted by society
Government should serve the people
“Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to
assert that he is not born a man.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Native Americans
Native AmericansMany native American
tribes had a form of democracy and
representative leadership that inspired our founding
fathers
Many native American tribes had a form of
democracy and representative leadership that inspired our founding
fathers