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Enlightenment Terms

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1. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






3. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






8. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






12. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Restricting access to ideas and information






35. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






36. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






38. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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