A tutorial that looks at the ideas from the Enlightenment that influenced the Founding Fathers, particularly those of John Locke and Montesquieu. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

Concepts

checks and balances, natural rights, john locke

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Additional Tags

branches of government, separation of power, social contract, florida state university: cpalms: enlightenment ideas and the founding fathers, montesquieu, ohio h.ci.5, baron de montesquieu

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice