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Enlightenment Terms

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






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






3. Rule or law that governs human nature






4. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






31. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






40. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God