Enlightenment

Unit Essential Question: explain how the Magna Carta and the ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the development of the United States and how these ideas still impact our lives in the modern world.

Unit Objectives

1. Identify important enlightenment philosophers and explain the influence of their ideas on society and systems of government.

2. Examine the philosophies developed by major thinkers of this time period.

3. Examine the views of Enlightenment women compared to that of men from the same age.

4. Describe the reforms instituted by some European monarchs and the effect these had on citizens.

5. Trace the effect of Enlightenment ideas on the American Revolution.

Unit Vocabulary

1. Enlightenment

2. natural rights

3. philosophe

4. salon

5. enlightened despot

6. declaration of independence

7. declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen