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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. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






3. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






5. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






7. Rule or law that governs human nature






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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