WHII.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of scientific, political, economic, and religious changes during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries by d) explaining the political, religious, and social ideas of the Enlightenment and the ways in which they influenced the founders of the United States; VDOE Essential VDOE Essential VDOE Essential Understandings Questions Knowledge Enlightenment thinkers believed Who were some Enlightenment The Enlightenment that human progress was thinkers, and what were their Applied reason to the human world, as well as to the possible through the application ideas? rest of the natural world of scientific knowledge and Stimulated religious tolerance reason to issues of law and How did philosophers of the Fueled democratic revolutions around the world government. Enlightenment influence thinking on political issues? Enlightenment thinkers and their ideas Enlightenment ideas influenced Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan: Humans exist in a the leaders of the American How did the Enlightenment primitive “state of nature” and consent to Revolution and the writing of the promote revolution in the government for self-protection. Declaration of Independence. American colonies? John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government: People are sovereign and consent to government for protection of natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws: The best form of government includes a separation of powers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract: Government is a contract between rulers and the people. Voltaire: Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism; separation of church and state. Influence of the Enlightenment Political philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and France. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence incorporated Enlightenment ideas. The Constitution of the United States of America and Bill of Rights incorporated Enlightenment ideas.
WHII.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of scientific, political, economic, and religious changes during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries by d) explaining the political, religious, and social ideas of the Enlightenment and the ways in which they influenced the founders of the United States; VDOE Essential Understandings VDOE Essential Questions VDOE Essential Knowledge Enlightenment thinkers believed that human progress was possible through the application of scientific knowledge and reason to issues of law and government. Enlightenment ideas influenced the leaders of the American Revolution and the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Who were some Enlightenment thinkers, and what were their ideas? How did philosophers of the Enlightenment influence thinking on political issues? How did the Enlightenment promote revolution in the American colonies? The Enlightenment Applied reason to the human world, as well as to the rest of the natural world Stimulated religious tolerance Fueled democratic revolutions around the world Enlightenment thinkers and their ideas Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan: Humans exist in a primitive “state of nature” and consent to government for self-protection. John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government: People are sovereign and consent to government for protection of natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws: The best form of government includes a separation of powers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract: Government is a contract between rulers and the people. Voltaire: Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism; separation of church and state. Influence of the Enlightenment Political philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and France. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence incorporated Enlightenment ideas. The Constitution of the United States of America and Bill of Rights incorporated Enlightenment ideas.
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