Age of Enlightenment - Jean Jacques Rousseau
What year was The Social Contract written?
1762
Rousseau's ideas can be seen in who's quote "a government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Abraham Lincoln
What is a representative democracy?
Citizens elect others to represent them in government
Rousseau believed the government needed to protect what?
General Will, or majority rules of the people
Jean-Jacques Rousseau moved from Switzerland to?
Paris; to become a musician and composer
Did American colonists reject or accept Rousseau's ideas?
Reject
What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe?
State of Nature (people would get along and work with each other)
Where was Jean-Jacques Rousseau born?
Switzerland
What is Rousseau's Natural Freedom?
When people live in a state of nature; no rules or government. People are free to follow their instincts and selfish desires without considering the needs of others
What is Rousseau's Majority Rules?
a government creates policies that benefit the majority of citizens
What is direct democracy?
a government in which people vote to make their own rules and laws
Jean-Jacques believed the longer people were in the state of nature, they would become...
corrupt and competitive; which would lead to the creation of a government
What are the 2 types of democracy?
direct and representative
In the Social Contract the government follows the...
general will (those things that are in the best interest of society as a whole)
What is Rousseau's Social Freedom?
people sacrifice some natural freedoms so they can have the freedom that comes with security and protection; laws & governments
What is Rousseau's concept of popular sovereignty?
the idea that governments get their power and authority based on what the citizens want