1. Inspiring
RevolutionBy Mr. Casey

2. Agenda
• Vocabulary
• Philosophers and Ideas

3. Enlighten
• (verb) to give someone great
knowledge about a subject

4. Philosophy
• (noun) The study of the fundamental
nature of knowledge, reality, and
existence

5. rights
• (noun) a moral or legal entitlement

6. The enlightenment
• A period of time in Europe (18th
century), sometimes called the “Age of
Reason,” when people discussed ideas
on science, law, religion, education, and
government. People began to question
authority and discuss ways they could
change society for the better. They took
a greater interest in nature and our
place in the world.
These ideas would
influence our founding
fathers and guide them
in the forming of our
constitution.

7. The enlightenment
These ideas would
influence our founding
fathers and guide them
in the forming of our
constitution.

8. The Great Awakening
*Preachers like Jonathan Edwards and
George Whitefield preach to colonists about
questioning authority and thinking for
themselves.
*This leads them to believe that it is
possible to rule themselves. They don’t
need to look to a higher power (like the
king).

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Natural Law
Proposed the idea that all men are born
with certain rights and the government is
only needed to protect those rights.
“Life, liberty, and property”
He also believed in freedom of religion

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Voltaire
Believed in a right to
a fair trial
Freedom of religion
“I do not agree with what
you have to say, but I'll
defend to the death your
right to say it.”

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There should be no class system:
All men are created equal
man is born good, but corrupted by
society
Government should serve the
people
“Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one
else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his
consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to
assert that he is not born a man.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

12. Native
Americans
Native
Americans
Many native American tribes
had a form of democracy and
representative leadership that
inspired our founding fathers