Rizz
This is the new social class of merchants and artisans, that gained significant wealth and political power.
Bourgeoisie
It is a time when many cities in Europe began to grow and change. People slowly moved away from the old feudal system and started focusing more on trade and business.
Emergence of Towns and Cities
the bourgeoisie started to have more ________ in their cities.
influence
It is the belief that accumulating more gold and silver makes a country or a state powerful.
Mercantilism
It was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when many thinkers in Europe began to focus on reason, knowledge, and science.
Age of Enlightenment
During the Age of Enlightenment, new ideas about _________, ___________, and ___________ became popular.
freedom, education, government
He was an English thinker who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. He believed that all people are born with natural rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
He was a famous French thinker and writer during the Age of Enlightenment. He believed strongly in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the importance of using reason and knowledge.
Voltaire
He was a Scottish thinker during the Age of Enlightenment who is known as the father of modern economics.
Adam Smith
He was a French thinker during the Age of Enlightenment. He believed that people should use reason and careful thinking to understand the world.
Rene Descartes
He was an Italian thinker during the Age of Enlightenment who focused on laws and justice.
Cesare Beccaria
In Mercantilism countries tried to sell ____ goods to other places and buy ____ goods from them.
more, fewer
He was a French-Swiss thinker during the Age of Enlightenment. He believed that people are naturally good, but society can sometimes make them act unfairly.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Many thinkers said that people have ______ and that governments should ______ the people.
Merchants and traders became more _________, global trade increased, and cities became centers of work, culture, and daily life.
important
Cesare Beccaria believed that governments should treat people ________________________________.
fairly and that punishments should fit the crime.
This helped countries grow _____ and _________ trade between different parts of the world.
richer, increased
It is an event that the French people fought for freedom, equality, and fair treatment.
French Revolution
It was a war that happened from 1775 to 1783, where the thirteen American colonies fought to become independent from Great Britain.
American Revolution
The bourgeoisie __________ and ___________ which many of them became rich and successful.
Sold goods and worked businesses
John Locke believed that all people are born with __________, such as the right to life, liberty, and property.
natural rights
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people are ___________, but society can sometimes make them act unfairly.
naturally good
Famous philosophy of Rene Descartes about onself.
"I think, therefore I am."
Adam Smith believed that people should be free to buy and sell goods in a system called ________.
free trade
The real name of Voltaire.
Francois-Marie Arouet