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Thesis
The Industrial Revolution took place large part because of the enlightenment thinkers and their opinions that they believed in, proving that without the help of those thinkers the revolution would not have been as impactful as it is now to modern day history. -
European Imperialism
“The next major factor that helped the development of the Industrial Revolution was the impact of European Imperialism"(Causes of Industrial Revolution). Since European Imperialism is a government taking over a smaller region, Montesquieu heavily impacted this, since his idea made the government more organized and able to conquer an area around them. -
Human Rights of John Locke
“Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind. To serve that purpose, he reasoned, individuals have both a right and a duty to preserve their own lives"(Crf.Usa). Locke thought that not enough people had rights, and specifically, the wealthy had rights that the poor or lower class people did not have. He wanted to make sure that people had basic rights and the ability to live. -
Hobbes and the Power of Kings
“Hobbes believes that moral judgments about good and evil cannot exist until they are decreed by a society’s central authority. This position leads directly to Hobbes’s belief in an autocratic and absolutist form of government"(Crf.Usa). Hobbes thought that evil existed in people, so he thought governments/ kings had to have all the power since they could control people. -
Montesquieu Separation of Powers
“Montesquieu concluded that the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive, and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. He believed that uniting these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would lead to despotism"(Crf.Usa).Montesquieu thought that the current state of the government was unorganized and unfair. He wanted to change it where no one could become too powerful over one another. -
Outcome of Agricultural Revolution
“The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century due in part to an increase in food production, which was the key outcome of the Agricultural revolution"(History Crunch). Since the social contract gave everyone equal rights, people started to work more because they knew that the rights they had made working more beneficial to them. This obviously increased the economy and created more money and goods around them. -
English Revolutions
“The English revolutions of the 17th century had fostered a spirit of economic prosperity. Early industrial entrepreneurs were willing to take risks on the chance that they would reap financial rewards later"(Study). Since everybody wanted as much wealth and land that they could have, people acted upon it, and with Hobbes State Of Nature some succeeded, and this also impacted the economy positively, since more people had such enormous wealth. -
Coal Mining
“The next main reason for the start of the Industrial Revolution was the mining of resources such as coal, which were vital to the processes of industrialization. For instance, Britain was the first to industrialize and had large supplies of coal present in the country.
All of the ideas that the enlightenment thinkers brought changed people's ways of thinking, and they started improving countries through more civilized ways, one of which was mining coal. -
Rousseau and the Social Contract
“According to Rousseau, the powerful rich stole the land belonging to everyone and fooled the common people into accepting them as rulers. Rousseau concluded that the social contract was not a willing agreement, as Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu had believed, but a fraud against the people committed by the rich"(Cfr.Usa). Rousseau believed that people were not getting the correct rights when it came to voting. Instead of the government or representatives voting he thought everyone could. -
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Work Cited
Natural rights. Constitutional Rights Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved March 4, 2022, from https://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/natural-rights.html#:~:text=Among%20these%20fundamental%20natural%20rights,to%20preserve%20their%20own%20lives
