PROMPT:

How did new enlightened thought transform the Western world from the age of absolutism to a period of revolution and liberalism? Be sure to discuss purposes of the Enlightenment and major figures including Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau. How did their work influence the beginning of the Age of Revolution?

 

Sources:

2. John Locke. Two Treatises on Government. Available here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1690locke-sel.asp (Links to an external site.)

3. Voltaire. Letters on the English. Letter IX: On the Government. Available here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1778voltaire-lettres.asp#Letter%20IX (Links to an external site.)

4. Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract. Available here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/rousseau-soccon.asp (Links to an external site.)

5. Crash Course in European History – The Enlightenment. Available here:

https://youtu.be/NnoFj2cMRLY (Links to an external site.)

Assignment:

Incorporating material from the sources provided, write an essay answering the prompt above using AT LEAST THREE of the sources provided. Sources used must be cited correctly (use MLA parenthetical citations like this).