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Lighter, happy, elegant, and charming style of art. Not as fancy, more simple. Used more pastel colors.
Rococo
Drug that prevents pain during surgery
Anesthetic
helped spread Enlightenment ideas by compiling articles into a 28-volume work
Diderot
Author of "Leviathan," which argued that people were so greedy they needed strict laws to control them
Thomas Hobbes
the _____ ____ imposed a tax in the British colonies on all printed materials, like newspapers and pamphlets
Stamp Act
informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas
Salon
the kind of ruler who used power to influence political and social change
entrepreneur
chosen to command the American forces during the American Revolution
George Washington
British philosopher who argued in favor of natural rights and said people had a right to overthrow a cruel government
John Locke
Enlightenment writers sometimes tried to avoid censorship by
disguising ideas in fiction
grand, ornate style of art and architecture popular during the age of Louis XIV
Baroque
principle that all government comes from the people
popular sovereignty
principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
improved the steam engine in the late 1700s
James Watt
nation that provided support to the American cause during the American Revolution
France
Branch of government that has Congress
Legislative
French Enlightenment philosopher who proposed the idea of separation of powers in government
Montesquieu
Enlightenment thinkers often faced censorship because they
Challenged Old Order
a policy that lets the economy be free of any government interference
laissez-faire
central idea of the Declaration of Independence
all men are created equal, and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Branch of government that has the supreme court
Judicial
laissez-faire economist who argued in "The Wealth of Nations" that forces of supply and demand in a free market can regulate business activity
Adam Smith
author of "The Social Contract"
Rousseau
American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise
the Bill of Rights, or The Constitution
author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"
Mary Wollstonecraft