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Social gathering for Enlightenment philosophers.
What is a salon?
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Advocated supply and demand as well as Laissez Faire.
Who is Adam Smith?
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Used satire to argue for the freedom of religion and speech.
Who is Voltaire?
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Chosen to command the colonial forces in the American revolution.
Who is George Washington?
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Author who advocated for gender equality in education... aka OG (blank)
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
200
light and delicate artistic style, popular in France during the reign of Louis XV.
What is rococo?
200
Proposed the idea of separation of powers in govt.
Who is Montesquieu?
200
Believed that humans were naturally good and should be allowed to in a limited government of, for, and by the people.
Who is John Locke?
200
The three branches of the US government.
What is executive, legislative, and judicial?
200
A absolute monarch who advocated social and political change.
What is an enlightened despot?
300
Grand ornate art style popular during the reign of Louis XIV.
What is baroque?
300
Principal author of the declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
Enlightenment authors often faced this due to the fact that their work challenged the old guard.
What is censorship?
300
The articles of confederation were revised in 1787 and when ratified became this important US document in 1789.
What is the US constitution?
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Rules discoverable by reason and applied to human behavior and society.
What are natural laws?
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principle that all a government's power comes from the people...
What is popular sovereignty?
400
Creator of a 28 volume work featuring articles and essays from the leading Enlightenment thinkers of the time.
Who is Diderot?
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Blurred social class distinctions in the American colonies was a direct result of this.
What is diversity?
400
France joining the American colonies as a war allie was the result of this important battle.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
400
Believed that humans were naturally wicked and that absolute monarchies were a necessary evil.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
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Enlightenment economists who favored a Laissez Faire economic system.
What are physiocrats?
500
His govt. made policies that helped bring about the American Revolution.
Who is George III?
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European monarch who traveled among his servants in disguise to learn of their problems.
Who is Joseph II?
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The regulation of colonial trade and manufacturing was the goal of the passing of this act by the British.
What are the Navigation Acts?
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The primary cause of the Enlightenment.
What is the scientific revolution?