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Enlightenment Terms

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






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






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






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






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






13. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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






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






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






19. Restricting access to ideas and information






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






21. Restricting access to ideas and information






22. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Rule or law that governs human nature






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






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






33. Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Rights that belonged to all humans from birth






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






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