The Enlightenment
The division of government into branches is also called this.
The separation of powers
The earliest factories focused on making these.
Textiles (cloth)
He was an English philosopher who believed in the rights to "life, liberty, and property."
John Locke
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Great Britain
This is the idea that all government power should belong to one person. Enlightenment thinkers disagreed with it.
Absolutism
Voltaire was known for being a strong advocate for the freedom of this.
Religion
Britain and Belgium had natural abundances of this, which made operating steam engines possible.
Coal
He was a Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
What countries were the "hubs" of the Enlightenment?
Great Britain and France
A political viewpoint based on social equality, ownership of private property, free markets, and representation.
Liberalism
This is the idea that all government power should belong to one person. Enlightenment thinkers disagreed with it.
Absolutism
First used in Britain, this process made converting iron into steel easier.
The Bessemer process
She wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which European nation was most known for its industrialization in metalworking during the 1800s?
Germany
A system in which power is shared between local and national governments.
Federalism
Thomas Hobbes wrote this book.
Leviathan
Identical parts that can be substituted one for another, called this, became an important part of factory production of things like guns.
Interchangeable parts
He was a French Enlightenment thinker who believed in the separation of powers (branches of government).
Baron de Montesquieu
Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire or Jean-Jacques Rousseau were from what country?
France
Knowledge gained from experiments and observation, rather than religious beliefs.
Empiricism
This refers to an agreement between a government and its people, where the people agree to be ruled, and the government agrees to protect the people.
Social contract
This refers to the rapid growth of cities, which was fueled by industrialization.
Urbanization
He invented the cotton gin in 1794.
Eli Whitney
Which country was the second European one to industrialize?
Belgium
Common amongst Enlightenment thinkers, it is the belief that God sets natural laws in motion but plays no role in influencing current events or outcomes.
Deism