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Enlightenment Terms

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1. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






7. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






13. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






17. Restricting access to ideas and information






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






28. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






31. Rule or law that governs human nature






32. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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