The document discusses several influential thinkers of the Enlightenment period including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Adam Smith, Denis Diderot, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Mary Wollstonecraft. It provides each thinker's country of origin, their key ideas, and major works that helped spread Enlightenment philosophies such as natural rights, popular sovereignty, and equality.

1. Thomas Jefferson (American) Ideas: All men are created equal. You can break away from the government if you don ’ t like what it ’ s doing. Major work: The Declaration of Independence Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

2. Benjamin Franklin (American) Idea : No taxation without representation. Major works: Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

3. Adam Smith (Scottish) Idea : Government should not try to control the economy. Major work: The Wealth of Nations Thinkers of the Enlightenment:

4. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: Denis Diderot (French) Idea : All things in the world must be studied without worrying about anyone's feelings. Major work: Encyclopaedia

5. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: John Locke (British) Idea : People have natural rights to life, liberty and property. Major work: Two Treatises on Government

6. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French) Idea : Popular sovereignty : government must do what the people want it to do. Major work: The Social Contract

7. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: Charles-Louis Montesquieu (French) Idea : A government’s power should be limited, and it should be divided among different groups of people. Major work: The Spirit of the Laws

8. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: Voltaire (French) Idea : Free speech: “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ” Major work: Candide

9. Thinkers of the Enlightenment: Mary Wollstonecraft (British) Idea : Women should have the same rights and opportunities that men have Major work: Vindication of the Rights of Women