Vocab
Social gatherings that began to form to help spread Enlightenment Ideas
What is a salon?
Abolished torture and established religious tolerance in Russia
Who is Catherine the Great?
The Continental Congress meets in ______ and declares independence
What is Philadelphia?
This French enlightenment writer defended freedom of speech
Who is Voltaire
who allowed free press and abolished serfdom in Austria
Who is Joseph II?
What is Laissez-faire economics
Augured for a complete separation of government from the economic sector
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
The _______ Constitution was a international symbol for ______
What is American and Freedom?
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
_____ style of art that moved away from religion and was elegant and lighter in style, ______ art was colorful, mostly represented Christianity.
What is Rococo and Baroque styles?
A tax put on printed material in the U.S
What is the Stamp Act?
Promotes the idea of the Social Contract and Free Elections
Who is Rousseau?
Battle that America triumphed in
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Thought people had natural rights, right to life, liberty, and property
Who is John Locke?
What did not apply to women during the enlightenment age?
What is "Freedom and Equality"?
Was used to better understand social, economic, and political problems
What is Natural Law?
A Prussian king that attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany
Who is Frederick the Great?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence inspired by Locke
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This person advocated for the separation of powers in a government
Who is Montesquieu?
A Revolution that sparked the Enlightenment age
What is the Scientific Revolution?
To restrict access to ideas and information
What is censorship?
Scottish economist who wrote the wealth of nations a precursor to modern Capitalism
Who is Adam Smith?
Controlled trade in the West Indies, North America, and India
What is Britain?
Who wrote the Encyclopedia
Who is Denis Diderot?
Began to reflect the new enlightened ideas
What is Art and Literature?