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Enlightenment Thinkers
Enlightened Despots
American Independence
Vocabulary
This and That
100
Depicted people as cruel in his work the Leviathan
Who is Thomas Hobbes
100
Granted religious freedom in his kingdom of Prussia
Who is Frederick II
100
Imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets
What was the stamp act
100
rules discoverable by reason
What is natural law
100
team that won the college football national championship
Who is Ohio State
200
Argued for the natural rights of people in his Two Treaties of Governments
Who is John Locke
200
Abolished torture in Russia
Who is Catherine the Great
200
A 1770 event in which British soldiers fired on citizens in Boston
What is the Boston Massacre
200
an agreement whereby people give up some freedom to be a part of an organized society
What is a social contract
200
percentage daily grades counts in this class
what is 50 %
300
Believed that government should have a series of checks and balances
Who is Montesquies
300
Traveled in Austria disguised as a peasant
Who is Joseph II
300
Primary writer of the Deceleration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
An economic system with little or no government interference
What is laissez faire
300
this classrooms room #
What is 203
400
Used Sarcasm and wit to criticize the government and the church
Who is Voltaire
400
Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about change
Who were enlightened despots
400
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris
400
Informal social gatherings where enlightenment thinkers, artists, and musicians exchanged ideas
What were salons
400
document our government was based on before the constitution
What were the articles of confederation
500
Produced a set of books called the encyclopedia
Who is Diderot
500
Restricting access to ideas and information
What is censorship
500
A government with powers divided between national and state governments established by the constitution
What is a federal republic
500
States that all government power comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty
500
unreasonable searches and seizures
What does the 4th amendment protect us from