Question

Provide the information each Age of Reason thinker contributed to his time

Answer 1

Father of liberalism (John locke)
gravity (Isaac newton)
master of philosophy (Jean jacques)
political French philosopher (baron de montesquieu)

Answer 2

1. John Locke: People have the right to challenge their government if it doesn’t protect the “natural rights” of life, liberty, and property

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Society should be ruled by the “general will” of the people.

3. Isaac Newton: Discovered laws of gravity and motion that showed the natural world wasn’t controlled by spirits

4. Baron de Montesquieu: Power should not be concentrated in the hands of one individual

5. Cotton Mather: Advocated the use of science to immunize citizens against smallpox