Enlightenment

 ​ John Locke was a scholar in the late 17th and 18th century who was determined to get natural rights for the basic people.​
 * = __** Enlightened Thinker **__ ||= __** Ideas **__ ||
 * = John Locke ||= Natural Rights- Life, Liberty, property ||
 * = Montesquieu ||= Separation of Powers ||
 * = Voltaire ||= Freedom of Thought, Expression, and Religion ||

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."-rousseau.

disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it." freedom of speech, freedom of religion.

"Power should be a check to power."

abolished torture, formed crimanial justice system.

Humanism-A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth and concern with the interests, needs, and welfare of humans.

anti-absolute monarch- is when people are against Ruleing by one person.