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Enlightenment Terms

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






2. 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






3. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






18. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






20. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






21. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






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






27. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






29. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






32. 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






33. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






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






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