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Enlightenment Terms

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






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






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






4. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






10. Rule or law that governs human nature






11. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






28. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






30. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






31. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






35. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






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