Vocab
An unfair and unreasonable opinion
Prejudice
Scientist who discovered the laws of gravity by using scientific reasoning.
Isaac Newton
Wrote the Encyclopedia.
Dennis Diderot
A long musical work played by a group of musicians using many different instruments.
Symphony
Believed that order is more important than freedom.
Thomas Hobbes
Reformed Prussia by making the court system more fair and banned torture.
Frederick the Great
A meeting of artists, writers, and thinkers in a Paris home during the Enlightenment.
Salon
Believed that people are born with the rights to Life, Property, and Liberty.
John Locke
Used government money to create schools for all children between 6 and 13.
Empress Maria Theresa
A time in European history when thinkers and writers tried to solve the problems of society by using reason.
Enlightenment
Believed in the rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and religious freedom.
Voltaire
A famous Classical Musician inspired by the Enlightenment period.
Mozart