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Thinkers
Enlightened Despots
Ideas Spread
American Revolution
Vocabulary
100
Opposed ideology of Hobbs, believed people should have certain "natural rights" in his two treaties of government
Who is John Locke?
100
Nation ruled by Catherine the Great
What is Russia?
100
when the spread of ideas are prevented
What is censorship?
100
Future president that would lead colonials against the British in the American Revolution
Who is George Washington?
100
a rule discoverable by reason
What are natural laws?
200
Wrote in Leviathan that people were naturally cruel, greedy, selfish and needed to be ruled by authoritarian powers
Who is Thomas Hobbs?
200
leaders who inherit there power, the enlightened despots
Who are Monarchs?
200
Informal gatherings in Paris where people would exchange enlightenment ideas
What are salons?
200
Used many enlightenment ideas while writing the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
what citizens enter into when they give up some rights to live in a civilized society
What is a social contract?
300
used sarcasm and wit to criticize the church and government
Who is Voltaire?
300
Austrian leader who dressed as a peasant to learn more about his people
Who is Joseph II?
300
leaders that used their positions to bring about positive social change during the enlightenment
Who are enlightened despots?
300
The government for established by the constitution of the United States. Powers are divided between state and local governments
What is a Federal Republic?
300
a French term which means the government will be hands off in regards to the economy
What is laissez faire?
400
worked for years to complete a 28 volume set of books called the encyclopedia
Who is Diderot?
400
Russian leader abolished torture
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
an art form that was lighter and grew in popularity over baroque during the enlightenment
What is rocco?
400
a principle that states people are the source of any governmental power
What is popular sovereignty?
400
rights that belong to all people from birth including life, liberty, and property
What are natural rights?
500
advocated a system of checks and balances to keep one area of government from getting to powerful
Who is Montesquieu?
500
Prussian ruler who allowed religious freedom
Who is Frederick II?
500
Fictitious writings which popularized during the enlightenment as a way around censorship
What are novels?
500
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary war
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
Revolution where many natural discoveries were made, led to the Age of Reason or Enlightenment
What is the Scientific Revolution?