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Enlightenment Terms

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






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






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






4. Restricting access to ideas and information






5. Restricting access to ideas and information






6. Rule or law that governs human nature






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics






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






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






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






19. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






38. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






40. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God