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100
believed the best form of government was an absolute monarchy
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
100
Enlightenment writers tried to avoid this by disguising their ideas as fiction
What is censorship?
100
principle that all governmental power comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty?
100
a British law that imposed taxes on newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies
What is the Stamp Act?
100
group of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England
Who are puritans?
200
believed that people were born naturally innocent
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
200
rules that are discoverable by reason applied to the study of human behavior and society
What are natural laws?
200
title for a ruler who influenced political and social change during the Age of Reason
What is an enlightened despot?
200
Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by this event that featured Galileo, Newton, and Copernicus
What is the Scientific Revolution?
200
Thomas Jefferson was the principle author of this document
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
his compilation of information helped spread Enlightenment ideas
Who is Denis Diderot?
300
light and delicate style of art that was popular during the reign of Louis XV
What is rococo?
300
Enlightenment thinker who wrote "Two Treatises of Government"
Who is John Locke?
300
an informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas
What is a salon?
300
the first US constitution; founding father met to revise them in 1787
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
king of Austria who abolished serfdom
Who is Joseph II?
400
written work of Voltaire that was meant to expose corruption and hypocrisy
What is Candide?
400
Enlightenment thinker who ideas about a system of checks and balances influenced the US Constitution
Who is Montesquieu?
400
a limited monarchy was created in England during this event
What is the Glorious Revolution?
400
issued in 1598 to ensure that French Protestants would not be persecuted
What is the Edict of Nantes?
500
one of his most important goals as King of Spain was to defend the Catholic Reformation
Who is Philip II?
500
argued that the forces of supply and demand in a free market should regulate business activity
Who is Adam Smith?
500
government whose power is defined and limited by law
What is a constitutional government?
500
the American Revolutionary battle marked a major turning point because it convinced France to support the Patriots
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
principal author of the Constitution of the United States
Who is James Madison?
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