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Enlightenment Terms

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






2. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






14. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






17. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






19. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






23. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






25. 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






26. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Restricting access to ideas and information






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