is for the Age of Reason

The Enlightenment period is known as the "Age of Reason". This is because people started to ask questions about life.

is for a "Blank Slate" 

John Locke believed that everyone was born with a "Blank Slate". He also, believed that everyone had rights to life, property, and liberty.

is for Charles de Montesquieu

Montesquieu was famous philosopher who wrote many books including The Persian Letters and The Spirit of Laws. In these books he criticized the French government and society.

is for Rene Descartes

Descartes was known as the father of modern philosophy. His famous quote is, "I think, therefore I am."

is for Enlightenment

The age of Enlightenment was a time with many philosophers who rebelled against society. These philosophers opened up new thoughts in society and their rebellious actions inspired the Declaration of Independence.

is for Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin Franklin was known as the "American Philosophe". He invented the bifocal glasses and the lightning rod. He was a founding father and helped write the Declaration of Independence.

is for Galileo Galilei

Galileo used his telescope to dicover many things about space. He also faced The Church and got arrested for his discoveries.

is for Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes thought that people were born selfish, greedy, and cruel. He also, believed that we needed a strong government and without one life would be nasty, brutish, and short.

is for Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton is a very famous scientist who discovered the principals of gravity. He was also, the first scientist to get knighted by a queen. After this, he became Sir Isaac Newton.

is for Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson's quote is, "I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. He believed that the government should protect people's rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He got this idea from John Locke.

is for Johannes Kelper

Johannes Kelper was a German astronomer who discovered that the orbit of the plantes is elliptical. He also, invented the current form of the astronomical telescope.

is for John Locke

John Locke believed that people had natural rights that could not be taken away by government. He went into hiding under the name Dr. van der Linden.

is for James Madison

James Madison was known as the "Father of the Constitution". He was the 4th U.S. president and studied the works of John Locke

is for Nikolaus Copernicus

Nikolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who discovered that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.

is for optimistic

The famous people of the time were very optimistic in their thoughts and actions.

is for Philosophers

Many famous Philosopher came from this time period.