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