Locke vs. Hobbes
Views on:
People
Purpose of
government
Type of
government
Rights
Locke
Hobbes
Identify the “Thinker”
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The Spirit of the Laws ____________
The Wealth of Nations ____________
The Social Contract ____________
Leviathan ____________
The Two Treatises on Government
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The Age of Reason
• Where did most of the Enlightenment
ideas begin?
• To which other parts of the world did
they spread?
• What were Enlightenment thinkers
hoping to achieve by changing the laws
that governed peoples’ lives?
The Age of Reason
(continued)
• Why did the governments and churches
of Europe burn books that were
spreading Enlightenment ideas?
• What is this form of restricted access to
ideas called?
• Where did Enlightenment figures meet
to safely discuss their ideas?
Choices
Enlightenment Thinkers and
Ideas
Locke
Hobbes
Thinker:
Ideas:
Separation of Powers
Montesquieu
Separation of Church and
State
Voltaire
All humans have natural
rights
Rousseau
People and government
enter into a social
contract
People need strong
government to maintain
law and order
Constitutional Monarchs
• What limits are placed on Constitutional
Monarchs?
• Name a primary document of the
English Constitution.
• Who do Constitutional Monarchs have
to listen to?
• What gave people their rights under this
government?
Constitutional Monarchs
(continued)
• What is the difference between absolute
monarchs and constitutional monarchs?
• Which type of monarch would Locke,
Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu
have liked?
• Which one would Hobbes have liked?
Revolution
• Name the six causes of revolution.
• Oliver Cromwell helped to lead a
revolution in which European country?
• Why did
• Was Cromwell a hero or a villain?
– Why?
The Impact of Enlightenment
• How did the work of the Enlightenment
thinkers influence the development of
the American government?
• How do you know?