England
France
Writing/Economics
Enlightened Despots
Misc.
100

This author of Leviathan believed that people needed a government to impose order

Thomas Hobbes

100

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire both believed in this type of consented government

Democracy

100

System of economics in which the government "lets it be" or is "hands off."

Laissez-Faire Economics

100

This Great/ruler of Prussia was strongly influenced by the ideas of Voltaire; however, he didn't have any religious tolerance for Jews

Frederick the Great (Frederick II)

100

Enlightenment ideas caused this, a forceable overthrow of government

revolution

200

Thomas Hobbes believed in this idea of government in which people exchange some freedoms for order and protection

Social Contract

200

This Enlightened Thinker once said that there are three types of government that work in society: Republics, Monarchies, and Despotism

Baron Montesquieu

200

This economist believed that the best system of government was a system in which the government did not impose regulations

Adam Smith

200

This Great/ruler of Russia was influenced by Diderot but she never put any of the "liberal ideas into place"

Catherine the Great (Catherine II)

200

Enlightened ideas caused 2 revolutions, the American Revolution and this revolution. Let them eat cake.

French

300

John Locke believed that the government should govern by the consent of the people. Now, most modern countries have this type of government

Democracy
300

This Enlightened Thinker had a strong belief in religious tolerance

Voltaire

300

What country was Adam Smith from?

Scotland

300

This Empress of Austria wanted to centralize the government but no changes were made until her son, Joseph II, came into power

Maria Theresa

300

this man spent his life creating a 28-volume work called The Encyclopedia

Denis Diderot

400

Most monarchs of the time claimed that this entity put them into power, but John Locke disagrees with the idea of the Divine Right Theory

God

400

This Frenchman believed that "man is born free, but everywhere is chains." People are basically good, but society is what corrupts them, therefore, government must work for the common good and not the rich few. Social Contracts are best.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

400

This author wrote A Vindication of Rights of Women where she argued women had the same rights as men

Mary Wollstonecraft

400

Catherine & Frederick mainly talked about reforms, but this man put Enlightened ideas into practice

Joseph II

400

Intellectuals from the Enlightenment were called these, a person who seeks wisdom.

Philosophers/Philosophes

500

John Locke once said that people are born with these, which he says are God-given and can never be taken away

Natural Rights

500

Baron de Montesquieu's belief of separation of powers and these, are the basic idea of the United State's three-branch system

Checks and Balances

500

This author of Frankenstein was Mary Wollstonecraft's daughter

Mary Shelley

500

Enlightened Absolutism led to this war fought in North America in mid 1700s

French and Indian War, Seven Years War

500

Parisian woman hosted social gatherings in drawing rooms, also known as these

Salons

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