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Thinkers
Ideas
Enlightened Despots
Government
Mixed Bag
100
He argued that the forces of supply and demand in free market can regulate business activity
Who is Adam Smith
100
Informal social gathering where people exchanged Enlightenment ideas
What is a salon
100
The principle author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
Light and delicate artistic style popular during the reign of Louis XV
What is rococo style
200
What was an enlightened despot
What is a ruler who influenced political and social change
200
Rules that are discoverable by reason
What are natural laws
200
His governmental policies helped cause the American Revolution
Who is George III
200
The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between
What is between the national and state governments
200
In her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argued?
That women and men should have equal rights
300
Which Enlightenment thinker created the system of checks and balances
Who is Montesquieu
300
The event that Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by
What is the Scientific Revolution
300
What advantages did the colonists have during the American Revolution?
What is good leadership, and allies
300
The principle that all government power comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty?
300
Why did Enlightenment writers face censorship?
They challenged the old order and did not support traditional ideas
400
What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people
Who is John Locke
400
Rights that are given to a person from birth
What are natural rights
400
A British law that imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets
What is the Stamp Act
400
Explain how the three branches of government use a system of checks and balances
The three branches work together to check each other and neither branch can have to much power
400
Enlightenment writers tried to avoid censorship by
What is by disguising their ideas as fiction
500
The Enlightenment thinker who wrote the Encyclopedia
Who is Diderot
500

The idea that business should operate with little or no government interference

What is laissez faire

500
Britain passed the Navigation Acts in order to
What is to regulate colonial trade and manufacturing
500

What Enlightenment ideas can be found in the Bill of Rights

What are natural rights and the rights to person freedoms

500
The new musical style that was created during the Enlightenment is known as
What is classical music