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Enlightenment Terms

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1. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






6. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






7. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






12. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






28. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






31. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Rule or law that governs human nature






40. 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