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Enlightenment Terms

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1. A policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in the ecomony






2. A ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people






3. A government whose power is defined and limited by law






4. Informal social gatherings at which writers & artists & philosophers & and others exchanged ideas






5. A system of government in which a small group holds power






6. A major shift in thinking between 1500 and 1700 in Which modern science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge about the natural world






7. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






8. Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a government in order to avoid chaos






9. Made limited government and law reforms & granted nobles a charter of rights & criticized the institution of serfdom (Russia)






10. A government whose power is defined and limited by law






11. A system of government in which a small group holds power






12. A ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people






13. The leader of the majority party in Parliament (Britain)






14. A major shift in thinking between 1500 and 1700 in Which modern science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge about the natural world






15. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






16. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






17. Modernized Austria's government & granted religious toleration & ended censorship & built hospitals & and abolished serfdom






18. Salons & novels & art & music & Enlightened Despots






19. Rule or law that governs human nature






20. Absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change






21. A group of parliamentary advisers to the king that set policy (Britain)






22. Informal social gatherings at which writers & artists & philosophers & and others exchanged ideas






23. Salons & novels & art & music & Enlightened Despots






24. Restricting access to ideas and information






25. Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a government in order to avoid chaos






26. Forced peasants to grow new crops & distributed seeds and tools & tolerated religious differences & reorganized government & and simplified laws (Prussia)






27. Restricting access to ideas and information






28. Member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society






29. Member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society






30. The leader of the majority party in Parliament (Britain)






31. Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics






32. A policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in the ecomony






33. Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics






34. Modernized Austria's government & granted religious toleration & ended censorship & built hospitals & and abolished serfdom






35. Forced peasants to grow new crops & distributed seeds and tools & tolerated religious differences & reorganized government & and simplified laws (Prussia)






36. Made limited government and law reforms & granted nobles a charter of rights & criticized the institution of serfdom (Russia)






37. A group of parliamentary advisers to the king that set policy (Britain)






38. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






39. Absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change






40. Rule or law that governs human nature