Homework#8
Think Through History , Clarifying
A- According to Hobbes, why would people want to live under the rule of an absolute monarch?(page 551)
Hobbes thought that a government like this would impose order and demand obedience to the people.Since people were selfish, wicked, and evil.
Skill Builder , Interpreting Chart
1. What important documents reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas?(page 554)
the Fundamental to U.S. Declaration of Independence(Locke), Woman's rights group in Europe and North America(Wollstonecraft) and the U.S. Bill of Rights(Voltaire).
2. In your opinion, which are the two most important Enlightenment ideas? Support your answer with reasons.(page 554)
The two most important Enlightenment ideas were Woman's Equality and Freedom of thought and expression . Woman's Equality was important because woman weren't able to do a lot of the things men were allowed to do so that give the women, around that time a freedom to be able to be on the same level of jobs, politics and have an education as men were. Also Freedom if thought and expression was important because that gave the right for people to express their feelings and not get penalized for how they feel.
1. Terms & Names (page 556):
Enlightenment - A new movement that the ideas of the Scientific Revolution paves the way for, also known as the Age of Reason.
Social contract - An agreement by which people created government.
John Locke - A philosopher who came up with the idea that all people are born free and equal rights.
Natural rights - An idea that John Locke came up with, stating that people are born free and equal with life, liberty, and property.
Philosophe - The social criitcs of the Enlightenment in France.
Voltaire- A philosophe who came up with the idea of a freedom of thought, expression, and religion. Montesquieu - An influential French writer that called the division of power among different branches, separation of powers.
Separation of powers - The division of powers among the different branches in a government.
Jean Jacques Rousseau - A philosophe who believes that a man was born free but this freedom and equality was destroyed because people became civilized.
Mary Wollstonecraft - A woman that argued that women, like men, needs education to become virtuous and useful.
3. Synthesizing (page 556):
“Power should be a check to power.”
This quote was stated by Baron de Montesquieu. The meaning of the quote is that each branch of government will serve as a check for the other branches to prevent any branches from becoming more powerful than the others.
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
This quote was stated by Jean Jacques Rousseau. The meaning of the quote is that man has lived as free and equal as everyone else. But when man started to become civilized the strongest among the people forced everyone else to abide to unjust laws.
“Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of men.”
This quote was stated by Mary Wollstonecraft. The meaning of this quote is that if women were to share the same rights as men and get a better education, they too can become as useful and virtuous as men.
A- According to Hobbes, why would people want to live under the rule of an absolute monarch?(page 551)
Hobbes thought that a government like this would impose order and demand obedience to the people.Since people were selfish, wicked, and evil.
Skill Builder , Interpreting Chart
1. What important documents reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas?(page 554)
the Fundamental to U.S. Declaration of Independence(Locke), Woman's rights group in Europe and North America(Wollstonecraft) and the U.S. Bill of Rights(Voltaire).
2. In your opinion, which are the two most important Enlightenment ideas? Support your answer with reasons.(page 554)
The two most important Enlightenment ideas were Woman's Equality and Freedom of thought and expression . Woman's Equality was important because woman weren't able to do a lot of the things men were allowed to do so that give the women, around that time a freedom to be able to be on the same level of jobs, politics and have an education as men were. Also Freedom if thought and expression was important because that gave the right for people to express their feelings and not get penalized for how they feel.
1. Terms & Names (page 556):
Enlightenment - A new movement that the ideas of the Scientific Revolution paves the way for, also known as the Age of Reason.
Social contract - An agreement by which people created government.
John Locke - A philosopher who came up with the idea that all people are born free and equal rights.
Natural rights - An idea that John Locke came up with, stating that people are born free and equal with life, liberty, and property.
Philosophe - The social criitcs of the Enlightenment in France.
Voltaire- A philosophe who came up with the idea of a freedom of thought, expression, and religion. Montesquieu - An influential French writer that called the division of power among different branches, separation of powers.
Separation of powers - The division of powers among the different branches in a government.
Jean Jacques Rousseau - A philosophe who believes that a man was born free but this freedom and equality was destroyed because people became civilized.
Mary Wollstonecraft - A woman that argued that women, like men, needs education to become virtuous and useful.
3. Synthesizing (page 556):
“Power should be a check to power.”
This quote was stated by Baron de Montesquieu. The meaning of the quote is that each branch of government will serve as a check for the other branches to prevent any branches from becoming more powerful than the others.
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
This quote was stated by Jean Jacques Rousseau. The meaning of the quote is that man has lived as free and equal as everyone else. But when man started to become civilized the strongest among the people forced everyone else to abide to unjust laws.
“Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of men.”
This quote was stated by Mary Wollstonecraft. The meaning of this quote is that if women were to share the same rights as men and get a better education, they too can become as useful and virtuous as men.
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