vocab 1
Rule or law that governs human nature
Natural law
Policy of allowing business to operate with little or no government interference
Laissez Faire
Personal elegant style of art and architecture in the 1700s featuring fancy design in the shape of leaves, shells, and scrolls
Rococo
Means all government power comes from the people
Popular Sovereignty
How did the achievements of the Scientific Revolution contribute to the Enlightenment?
a. people began to apply reason to human nature and government
b. there was less disease
c. people became smarter because of scientific research
a. people began to apply reason to human nature and government
Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos
Social contract
Restriction on access to ideas and information
censorship
Government whose power is defined and limited by law
Constitutional government
Colonist who supported Britain during the American Revolution
Loyalist
Trade within the colonies of the British Empire was controlled by
a. Great Britain
b. wealthy landowners and merchants
c. colonial assemblies
a. Great Britain
Right that belongs to all humans from birth
natural right
Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, and philosophers exchanged ideas. They originated in France
Salons
Parliamentary advisors to the king who originally met in a small room
Cabinet
Government in which the power is divided between the national and state government
Federal Republic
The statement " no taxation without representation" was partly influenced by the thinking of
a. Adam Smith
b. John Locke
c. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke
Member of a group of Enlightened thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement of society
philosophe
Absolute ruler who uses power to bring about political and social change
Enlightened Despot
Head of the Cabinet; usually leader of the largest political party in Parliament
Prime Minister
Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to:
a. make government more efficient
b. protect the liberties of the people
c. promote reform
b. protect the liberties of the people
Thinkers during the Age of Reason challenged the established social order by
a. calling for an end to government
b. denying the existence of Heaven
c. calling for a just society based on reason
c. calling for a just society based on reason
Enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economics
Physiocrat
Ornate style of art and architecture in the 1600s and 1700s.
Baroque
Government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people
Oligarchy
Which of the following is a true statement about European peasants during the Enlightenment?
a. their life changed greatly
b. they acquired material wealth
c. the enlightenment had little effect on their life
c. the enlightenment had little effect on their life
Joseph II adopted Enlightenment ideas......
a. to gain more power
b. to make his government more efficient
c. to improve the life of his people
c. to improve the life of his people