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Enlightenment Terms

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






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. Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics






4. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






14. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






24. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






37. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






39. Rule or law that governs human nature






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