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THE 18th CENTURY: THE ENLIGHTNMENT - Coggle Diagram
THE 18th CENTURY: THE ENLIGHTNMENT
The Enlightenment
What's the enlightenment
Important intellectual movement, a new way of thinking
In Europe 18th century
Enlightenment thinkers
Criticised political an social structures in ancien regime
They were able to shape some of changes that took place these years
Main principles of the enlightenment
Learning and teaching
Reason
The only real source of knowledge
Science and technological progress
Economic growth
Equality and liberty
The political ideas of the enlightenment
Enlightenment thinkers
Wanted to abolish estates system
Didn't support absolute monarchy
Examples of enlightenment thinkers
Montesquieu
Separation of powers
Three branches of the government should separate
Voltaire
Favoured a strong monarchy
It's power should be limited by parliament
Rousseau
Popular sovereignty
Citizens could vote whose was the power for
The economic ideas of the enlightenment
Replaced mercantilism by physiocracy
The wealth of a country derives from its natural resources
Phisiocracy
Agriculture was main source of wealth of a country
Craftsmanship and trade were secondary activities
Absolute monarchs should not intervene in the economy
Economic liberalism
Economic doctrine based on Adam Smith ideas
State should not intervene in the processes of production or exchange of goods
Argued for
Freedom of production
Produce as much as the market demanded
Free trade
Exchange of goods between countries without restrictions
Free competition
Do they wanted to do in order to sell things
