enlightenment Crossword Puzzles

Enlightenment Vocabulary 2020-11-26

Enlightenment Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster
  2. a fundamental change in political organization; especially the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed
  3. the actions or practice of suppressing or deleting as objectionable
  4. a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire; such as a sovereign ruler
  5. lacking something needed or desirable; especially : suffering extreme poverty
  6. to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
  7. a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position
  8. marked by baseness or grossness; vile, wretched, dirty, filthy
  9. a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism
  10. one exercising power tyrannically : a person exercising absolute power in a brutal or oppressive way
  11. to bring into agreement; to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
  12. ardent, passionate
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  1. feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
  2. disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
  3. displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
  4. marked by forbearance or endurance; acceptance
  5. of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior; ethical
  6. having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
  7. the act or state of being of being unable or unwilling to endure something; or the act or state of being of being unwilling to grant or share social, political, or professional right
  8. formal emancipation from slavery
  9. to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses; to put or change into an improved form or condition
  10. the quality or state of being marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
  11. to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power
  12. to establish by legal and authoritative act; especially to make into law
  13. a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached

25 Clues: ardent, passionate • formal emancipation from slavery • marked by forbearance or endurance; acceptance • a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position • displaying great diversity or variety; versatile • a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster • marked by baseness or grossness; vile, wretched, dirty, filthy • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2021-09-23

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A logical procedure for testing and gathering ideas
  2. Believed different punishments for different crimes, and no torture
  3. Made mathematical law governs planet motion
  4. Believed In equal power of branches of government, started checks and balances
  5. Analytic geometry "I think, therefore I am"
  6. Believed in all freedom, religious, speech, tolerance and reason
  7. Parties where people met to discuss new ideas
  8. A style of art with dull colors and string lines, subjects battle scenes, greek and roman art
  9. A style of art, with soft lines and pastels colors, happy scenes and wealthy subjects
  10. People who presented new ways of thinking in the enlightenment
  11. Earth centered theory
  12. A ruler with absolute power and authority
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  1. Used microscope and found bacteria, and blood cells
  2. Made Heliocentric theory
  3. he believed people were born equal, in life, liberty and property
  4. Made telescope To learn about space (The heavens)
  5. Made vaccine to small pox
  6. Believed in individual rights and democracy, and people needed society and government for control
  7. Made laws of gravity
  8. A theory there is a agreement between the governed and the government
  9. believed women should be educated like men and advocated for women's rights
  10. Empiricism/experimental method
  11. Made Boyles law, founder of chemistry
  12. Sun centered theory
  13. Made the social contract

25 Clues: Sun centered theory • Made laws of gravity • Earth centered theory • Made Heliocentric theory • Made the social contract • Made vaccine to small pox • Empiricism/experimental method • Made Boyles law, founder of chemistry • A ruler with absolute power and authority • Made mathematical law governs planet motion • Analytic geometry "I think, therefore I am" • ...

the enlightenment 2021-09-23

the enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. discovered and popularized the scientific method
  2. contract theory that there is and agreement between the governing and the governed
  3. a person who rules with absolute power
  4. invented the telescope and used it to prove the heliocentric theory
  5. discovered the laws of motion and gravity and invented calculus
  6. discovered that planets revolve around the sun
  7. art containing the real world and war
  8. theory about the sun in the middle of the solar system
  9. method is a way of learning new things
  10. believed women should have equal rights to men
  11. life liberty and property are the most important things
  12. English surgeon discovered smallpox vaccine
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  1. discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure
  2. influence criinal law and remoformed in wester europe
  3. believed above all in the efficacy of reason
  4. a party where people discuss new things
  5. people that made a new way of thinking
  6. theory about the earth is the middle of the solar system
  7. believed that Britain had the best run of government
  8. leviathan or the matter form and power of a commonwealth
  9. used math to prove the heliocentric theory
  10. art containing rich people usually happy
  11. developed rules for deductive reasoning
  12. prefectied the microscope
  13. e didn't think that one leader should lead a country and states should have their own power

25 Clues: prefectied the microscope • art containing the real world and war • a person who rules with absolute power • people that made a new way of thinking • method is a way of learning new things • a party where people discuss new things • developed rules for deductive reasoning • art containing rich people usually happy • used math to prove the heliocentric theory • ...

The Enlightenment 2021-09-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. believed laws existed for social power, not punishment for crimes
  2. earth is the center of the solar system
  3. developed the laws of motion and gravity
  4. wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  5. using logic and reasoning to do an experiment
  6. the place people would meet at for social gatherings
  7. what french writers were called/people who met together to talk about new ideas
  8. published two treatises on government
  9. is a style of art characterized by dull colors and mostly battle scenes
  10. developed the scientific method and empiricism
  11. believed that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness
  12. used math to prove the heliocentric theory correct
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  1. used the microscope to study red blood cells and bacteria
  2. came up with the heliocentric theory
  3. person who rules with absolute power
  4. wanted freedom of religion and freedom of speech
  5. believed society was naturally selfish and wicked
  6. people handing over their rights to a strong leader in return for order
  7. the style of art characterized by pastel colors and happy scenes of aristocrats
  8. sun is the center of the solar system
  9. perfected the telescope
  10. developed the scientific method and analytical geometry
  11. founder of modern chemistry
  12. believed in the social contract but still believed people could learn from experience
  13. developed the smallpox vaccine

25 Clues: perfected the telescope • founder of modern chemistry • developed the smallpox vaccine • came up with the heliocentric theory • person who rules with absolute power • sun is the center of the solar system • published two treatises on government • earth is the center of the solar system • developed the laws of motion and gravity • wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2022-03-31

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. the sun is the center of the universe
  2. through reason, all truths can be found
  3. Swiss-French philosophe
  4. John ___
  5. a medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate
  6. ___ method
  7. 1776, Declaration of ___
  8. checks and ___
  9. real name François Marie Arouet
  10. main artistic style of the late 1700s
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  1. French philosophers
  2. author of "The Spirit of Laws"
  3. ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796
  4. author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
  5. European art style of the 1600s and early 1700s
  6. Hobbes' social ___
  7. Thomas ___
  8. ___ Newton
  9. ___ Galilie
  10. Bill of ___

20 Clues: John ___ • Thomas ___ • ___ method • ___ Newton • ___ Galilie • Bill of ___ • checks and ___ • Hobbes' social ___ • French philosophers • Swiss-French philosophe • 1776, Declaration of ___ • author of "The Spirit of Laws" • real name François Marie Arouet • ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796 • the sun is the center of the universe • main artistic style of the late 1700s • ...

Enlightenment Philosophers 2022-01-17

Enlightenment Philosophers crossword puzzle
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  1. philosopher that owned a law firm
  2. place Baruch Spinoza was born
  3. philosopher that wrote De Principio Individui
  4. Philosopher that worked on Treatise On The Emendation Of Intellect
  5. the collage that Rene Descartes went to
  6. I think ______ I am
  7. place where Voltaire was born
  8. Theological-Political_______
  9. place where immanual Kant was born and raised
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  1. Philosopher that wrote Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
  2. Philosopher that got the fellow of the royal society award
  3. fictitious letters ______
  4. a branch of philosophy that deals with time, space, knowing, and identity.
  5. philosopher that wrote Discourse on the Method
  6. place where Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born
  7. on the Principle of the _______
  8. the university that Hugo Grotius went to.
  9. Enquiry Concerning the _____ of Morals
  10. the place David Hume was born
  11. philosopher that wrote Critique of pure reason

20 Clues: I think ______ I am • fictitious letters ______ • Theological-Political_______ • place Baruch Spinoza was born • the place David Hume was born • place where Voltaire was born • on the Principle of the _______ • philosopher that owned a law firm • Enquiry Concerning the _____ of Morals • the collage that Rene Descartes went to • the university that Hugo Grotius went to. • ...

The Enlightenment 2022-03-07

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
  2. executed because people were sick of the reign of terror
  3. napoleons greatest triumph
  4. light-hearted, married to Louis XVI, spent lots of money on gambling
  5. the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.
  6. executed for murder
  7. not bound by traditional constraints
  8. The people in this estate had access to high offices and exemptions from paying taxes. This was 10% of the French lands. It provided education services to the poor. Gave 2% of its income to the government. The roman catholic church lived there
  9. executed for righting the declaration of rights for women
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  1. 97% of the population. Lacked privileges. The middle class made up the first group and the workers of Frances citizens made up the second group and the peasants made up the third group. Were heavily taxed.
  2. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
  3. Having extreme views on a particular subject; wanting extreme change
  4. Rich nobles lived there. This estate was 2% of the French population. Owned 20% of the land. And almost paid no taxes
  5. Nobility
  6. The working middle-class
  7. leader, unprepared, easily bored, indecisive
  8. Tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions
  9. mode of rule or management
  10. executed for being in the second estate
  11. An assertion(argument) that presents a specific view and must be proven with research

20 Clues: Nobility • executed for murder • The working middle-class • napoleons greatest triumph • mode of rule or management • not bound by traditional constraints • executed for being in the second estate • leader, unprepared, easily bored, indecisive • executed because people were sick of the reign of terror • executed for righting the declaration of rights for women • ...

The Enlightenment 2021-09-19

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. A philosophe who wrote The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origins of the inequality of Mankind.
  2. A doctrine with its most known French name meaning "to let people do what they want."
  3. An artistic style that replaced baroque in the 1730s; it was highly secular, emphasizing grace, charm, and gentle action
  4. An essay written by John Locke in which he argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind.
  5. The name given to the intellectuals of the enlightenment.
  6. An English philosopher widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
  7. A Scottish philosopher who is viewed as one of the founders of the modern social science of economics.
  8. A way to run a government, having three branches of said government have checks and balances over each other. This is used in the American government.
  9. An English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who came up with the gravitational theory in 1665, or 1666.
  10. A French group who were interested in identifying the natural economic laws that governed human society.
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  1. A philosophe who created the idea of "Separation of Powers" and stated that England had 3 branches of government.
  2. A group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity.
  3. The application of the scientific method to an understanding of all life.
  4. A novelist who used realistic social themes in his novels about people without morals who survive by their wits. He is best known for The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.
  5. A 28-volume collection of knowledge which is also known as Classified Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades.
  6. A painting made by a French artist that was made when Rococo was at its peak.
  7. An English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy and known for writing Leviathan along with viewing all humans as naturally born selfish, greedy, and evil.
  8. A book that argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. It was written during the English Civil War and is also known as The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil.
  9. A philosophe who wrote Encyclopedia
  10. The concept that an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will and all individuals should be forced to abide by it since it represents what is best for the entire community.
  11. A French painter whose art most evidently shows Rococo.
  12. A philosophe who was a strong religious tolerator who also championed Deism
  13. An Anglican minister who created Methodism based off of his life and teachings.
  14. An eighteenth-century religious philosophy based on reason and natural law.
  15. The elegant urban drawing rooms where, in the eighteenth century, writers, artists, aristocrats, government officials, and wealthy middle-class people gathered to discuss the ideas of the philosophes

25 Clues: A philosophe who wrote Encyclopedia • A French painter whose art most evidently shows Rococo. • The name given to the intellectuals of the enlightenment. • A group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. • The application of the scientific method to an understanding of all life. • ...

The Enlightenment 2016-02-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy upper class
  2. conceived the heliocentric theory
  3. Law one of the first scientists to conduct controlled experiments
  4. discovered sunspots and mountains of the moon
  5. belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
  6. other word for philosopher
  7. wrote and thought about the mind
  8. II made prussia a major european power in the eighteenth century
  9. advanced the strongest statement for women’s rights
  10. reasoning proceeding from the particular to the general
  11. experienced a mystical experience in which god’s grace assured him salvation
  12. argued the universal law of gravitation
  13. created inductive reasoning
  14. a new artistic style that had spread all over europe
  15. argued that people adopt laws and government in order to preserve their private property
  16. argued that all people are born with a tabula rasa or blank mind
  17. the Great ruled russia from 1762 to 1796
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  1. and Harvey dissected human bodies to depict human anatomy
  2. a famous composer and songwriter
  3. Succession prussia attacking maria theresa for silesia
  4. Theresa inherited the throne of austria in 1740
  5. method a procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
  6. universe earth at the center of the universe
  7. contract when an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will
  8. faire to let people do what they want
  9. one of the contributors to laissez-faire
  10. of powers executive legislative and judicial branch
  11. identified three basic kinds of governments
  12. universe sun at the center of the universe
  13. law of gravitation Isaac Newton created this theory in why planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits around the sun
  14. created the world’s first encyclopedia
  15. absolutism a new type of monarchy
  16. discovered that planet orbits were not circular but elliptical
  17. argued that punishments should not be brutal
  18. Years’ War a global war in which alliances were formed and broke out in europe, india and north america

35 Clues: other word for philosopher • created inductive reasoning • a famous composer and songwriter • wrote and thought about the mind • conceived the heliocentric theory • absolutism a new type of monarchy • faire to let people do what they want • created the world’s first encyclopedia • argued the universal law of gravitation • one of the contributors to laissez-faire • ...

The Enlightenment 2020-01-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. contract : an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
  2. Galilei : an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath or the "father of observational astronomy"
  3. : a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
  4. : belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music
  5. Locke : English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
  6. Newton : an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
  7. Revolution : a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed views of society about nature
  8. : a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
  9. : belief in the existence of a creator who does not intervene in the universe
  10. method : this method involves making observations, forming questions, making hypotheses, doing an experiment, analyzing the data, and forming a conclusion
  11. de Montesquieu : a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher and the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.
  12. theory : a theory in which the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbit the Earth
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  1. : a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
  2. theory : a theory in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System
  3. Rousseau : a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer whose political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought.
  4. the Great : reigned from 1762 to 1796, expanded the Russian Empire, improved administration, and vigorously pursued the policy of Westernization.
  5. : one of the deistic or materialistic writers and thinkers of the 18th century French Enlightenment.
  6. : A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.
  7. : relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail.
  8. despot : is an authoritarian leader who exercises his political power according to the principles of the Enlightenment.
  9. Wollstonecraft : an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights.

21 Clues: : belief in the existence of a creator who does not intervene in the universe • Wollstonecraft : an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. • theory : a theory in which the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbit the Earth • contract : an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits • ...

Enlightenment Review 2012-11-06

Enlightenment Review crossword puzzle
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  1. proposed the heliocentric theory
  2. ran influential salon during the Enlightenment period
  3. believe in progress for society
  4. enlightened despot who ruled Russia
  5. written by Thomas Jefferson; drew heavily on ideas from Locke
  6. edited and published the first Encyclopedia
  7. declared women should have the same political rights as men
  8. sun-centered theory; proposed by Copernicus
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  1. challenged previously held ideas about science and nature
  2. civilization corrupts people's natural goodness; greatest good for the greatest number of people
  3. enlightened despot who ruled Prussia
  4. promoted self-government; three natural rights
  5. argued against the use of cruel and unusual punishment
  6. ruled Austria as an enlightened despot; abolished serfdom
  7. proposed separation of powers (checks and balances)
  8. enlightened rulers who attempted social reforms
  9. explained the law of universal gravitation
  10. conflict caused by British policies and influenced by philosophes' ideas
  11. earth-centered view of the universe
  12. used satire; fought for freedom of speech and religion
  13. social contract; believe all humans were naturally selfish and wicked

21 Clues: believe in progress for society • proposed the heliocentric theory • enlightened despot who ruled Russia • earth-centered view of the universe • enlightened despot who ruled Prussia • explained the law of universal gravitation • edited and published the first Encyclopedia • sun-centered theory; proposed by Copernicus • promoted self-government; three natural rights • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2013-06-02

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. considered a founder of the scientific method
  2. demonstrated that blood circulates through the body
  3. Greek who believed the earth was the center of the universe
  4. Greek anatomy expert
  5. philosophy stating motion is caused by direct physical collision
  6. created laws on gravity (the "apple guy")
  7. founder of microbiology; the study of "teeny, tiny things"
  8. pioneered deductive reasoning; "I think, therefore I am" man
  9. the belief that irregular events that go against theoretical models were aberrations
  10. a series of laws on gases are named after him
  11. he created the first research center specifically for astronomy
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  1. improved telescope and tried for heresy by the Catholic Church
  2. confirmed Copernicus sun theory, made 3 laws on planetary motion
  3. Discredited Galen's works on the body, wrote a book on anatomy, studied corpses
  4. philosophy that stressed the active powers of matter
  5. founder of modern Chemistry: created the Table of Elements
  6. his works were in the field of magnetics, made the first pendulum
  7. philosophers started using mathematics in their equations to a larger extent
  8. physician, botonist, alchemist, and astrologer
  9. founder of heliocentric theory; sun as center of universe

20 Clues: Greek anatomy expert • created laws on gravity (the "apple guy") • considered a founder of the scientific method • a series of laws on gases are named after him • physician, botonist, alchemist, and astrologer • demonstrated that blood circulates through the body • philosophy that stressed the active powers of matter • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-09-02

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. there were ___________ at work in Europe.
  2. moved easily in these aristocratic circles.
  3. the earth rotates on its axis beneath the unmoving sun.
  4. of sedition or blasphemy quickly found themselves imprisoned.
  5. ____ and communication improved during the renaissance.
  6. and catholics denounced each other as followers of satan.
  7. the goal of the ________ humanists was to recapture some of the pride, breadth of spirit, and creativity of the ancient greek and romans.
  8. the despotism of ______ exercising far greater powers than any medieval king.
  9. in Italy and France a group of thinkers.
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  1. whether pamphlets or scholary volumes were subject to prior censorship by both church and state, oftern working hand in hand.
  2. their principal targets were ____
  3. sooner or later many eurppeans would begin to weary of the _______ and warfare carried out in the name of the absolute truth.
  4. developed the belief that tradition could and should be used to promote change.
  5. were painfully aware that they were paying taxes.
  6. was torn by which-hunts and wars of religion, and imperial conquest.
  7. it was among those very idle ______ that the french enlightenment philosophers were to find some of their earliest and most enthusiastic follwers.
  8. which tried to challenge the twin authorities of church and state banned.
  9. begun to move from rural estates to the towns in search of increased freedom and prosperity.
  10. europeans were _______ but europes institutions were not keeping pace with that change.
  11. frequently refered to as "doctors'.

20 Clues: their principal targets were ____ • frequently refered to as "doctors'. • in Italy and France a group of thinkers. • there were ___________ at work in Europe. • moved easily in these aristocratic circles. • were painfully aware that they were paying taxes. • the earth rotates on its axis beneath the unmoving sun. • ...

Enlightenment crossword 2013-11-12

Enlightenment crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. English philosopher who developed natural rights and rejected absolute monarchs
  2. informal social gathering
  3. Principle author of the deceleration of independence,who believed in equality for all
  4. style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
  5. a policy that allows for little interference of the government in business matters
  6. russian monarch that aboloished tortue
  7. French Philosopher known for his wit and satristic works
  8. French thinker who developed the ideas of separation of powers,checks and balances and minority rights
  9. Scottish Philosopher who focused on using natural law to reform economy and urged the policy of laissez faire
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  1. 4th U.S. president who is referred to as the father of the constitution,applied separation of powers to government
  2. French enlightenment thinker
  3. Enlightenment thinker who argued that people were cruel and selfish by nature and need to be governed by absolute monarchies
  4. a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail
  5. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
  6. a form of absoulte monarchy that accepted enligthenment ideas
  7. an agreement made by people to limit their rights in exchange for organized society
  8. monarch that went in disguise among their subjects to learn of their problems
  9. Prussian monarch that allowed free press and urged religious tolerance
  10. the suppression of public communication or public speech
  11. The age of reason where people started applied reason to everyday problems
  12. philosopher who is often referred to as the father of the french revolution,wrote the book: The Social Contract
  13. rules that govern natural forces such as gravity

22 Clues: informal social gathering • French enlightenment thinker • russian monarch that aboloished tortue • rules that govern natural forces such as gravity • the suppression of public communication or public speech • French Philosopher known for his wit and satristic works • a form of absoulte monarchy that accepted enligthenment ideas • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2024-01-26

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The state of being unequal
  2. The suppression of information.
  3. The ability or willingness to tolerate something.
  4. Having the power to put plans or laws into effect.
  5. The thinker behind the idea of the social contract.
  6. 43rd Holy Roman Emperor and brother of Mary Antoinette.
  7. Someone who rules with unlimited power.
  8. The act or process of changing a religious, political, or societal institution for the better.
  9. The thinker behind the idea of natural rights.
  10. Supreme power or authority.
  11. The thinker behind the idea of the separation of the church and the state.
  12. Set of rules that are created and are enforceable by governmental institutions to regulate behavior.
  13. King of Prussia who also was a supporter of Voltaire.
  14. The idea that individuals and their rights are important.
  15. Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
  16. The thinker behind the idea of separation of powers.
  17. The rights that are not dependent on the laws and are inalienable.
  18. The right to live.
  19. To have an effect on someone or something.
  20. The right to own things.
  21. Voltaire's most famous novel.
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  1. A person engaged or learned in philosophy.
  2. The state of being equal.
  3. Appropriate to a court or judge.
  4. Book made by John Locke.
  5. Events women set up to help spread Enlightenment ideas.
  6. A fundamental change in political organization.
  7. An even distribution.
  8. A Movement in the 1700s that emphasized reason.
  9. Having the power to make laws.
  10. Empress of Russia who was a supporter of Voltaire.
  11. The idea that people can use reason to understand and improve the world.
  12. The thinker behind the idea of absolute sovereign.
  13. The right to speak freely.
  14. The right to be free.
  15. The inability or unwillingness to tolerate something.
  16. Hobbes's most famous book.
  17. Book made by Rousseau.
  18. A group of people dedicated to solving the problems of the world.
  19. Concept that was used to challenge the divine right of kings.

40 Clues: The right to live. • An even distribution. • The right to be free. • Book made by Rousseau. • Book made by John Locke. • The right to own things. • The state of being equal. • The state of being unequal • The right to speak freely. • Hobbes's most famous book. • Supreme power or authority. • Voltaire's most famous novel. • Having the power to make laws. • The suppression of information. • ...

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT 2024-04-26

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT crossword puzzle
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  1. Scottish philosopher interested in the experience-based nature of human knowledge
  2. Monarchy but like intense
  3. Working class population, according to Marx
  4. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite type of document
  5. Female ruler of Prussia
  6. Established Anglican Relgion or the subject of John Locke’s interest in 1753
  7. Martin Luther came up with 95 of them
  8. Something too many people lack these days and the name of Thomas Paine’s book
  9. 2-Across’s kind of philosophy
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  1. Horror novel written by Mary Shelley, or a spooky Halloween costume
  2. Public sphere location, or where you might find this magazine ;)
  3. Where you might play a racket sport or make an oath
  4. Subject of a massacre in Paris in or a hit broadway musical?
  5. Rousseau's birthplace
  6. What Galileo used to see the stars
  7. OG Bible
  8. I think _________ I am
  9. Free market alternative to communism
  10. Location of deadly earthquake in 1755
  11. Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire

20 Clues: OG Bible • Rousseau's birthplace • I think _________ I am • Female ruler of Prussia • Monarchy but like intense • 2-Across’s kind of philosophy • What Galileo used to see the stars • Free market alternative to communism • Martin Luther came up with 95 of them • Location of deadly earthquake in 1755 • Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2024-05-22

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wears glasses and is a bit overweight
  2. Everybody is born good,free,and innocent
  3. Object stolen and used to make fire
  4. A skeptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.
  5. Main character and better leader in the book
  6. Belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotion
  7. Had idea of the blank slate
  8. “We can use this to call others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us.” (Golding 16)
  9. Introduced separation of powers and influenced US government
  10. The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not neces
  11. Represents evil, original sin, and/or the negative aspects of human nature.
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  1. The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.
  2. Life,Librity,Property
  3. How did the conch break
  4. Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe
  5. Killed piggy with boulder
  6. Reason/Logic vs Tradition/Superstition
  7. Mistaken for beast and killed by the boys
  8. Arrogant and power hungry character
  9. had common sense crusade against superstition and prejudice and in favor of religious toleration
  10. Name of Jacks group of boys
  11. Believed in total monarchy government

22 Clues: Life,Librity,Property • How did the conch break • Killed piggy with boulder • Name of Jacks group of boys • Had idea of the blank slate • Object stolen and used to make fire • Arrogant and power hungry character • Wears glasses and is a bit overweight • Believed in total monarchy government • Reason/Logic vs Tradition/Superstition • Everybody is born good,free,and innocent • ...

The Enlightenment 2022-10-19

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what did England emerge as after defeating the armada
  2. what country had 131 ships leave in july 1588
  3. defeated a muslim fleet in 1509
  4. the age of exploration made scientists study what
  5. what proved that england gained all power in england in 1688
  6. first constitution of the US
  7. who re-established the catholic church in england
  8. shows the US needs a strong government
  9. where did the portuguese settle to grow sugar
  10. what was the protest towards british tax
  11. said all people are born free and equal
  12. treaty of west phalia
  13. first sugar plantations in 16th century
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  1. the idea to buy your way into heaven
  2. what colony was first established by england in 1607
  3. corruption peaked under this person
  4. what did 90% of the native pop. die from
  5. the original leader of protestant reformation
  6. portuguese established sea trade with who
  7. what tactics did the colonists use
  8. believed in freedom of press and fought of civial liberties
  9. said people are cruel and selfish
  10. which empire had access to domesticated animals
  11. all trade must go through england
  12. where did the french begin to explore in the 1600's

25 Clues: treaty of west phalia • first constitution of the US • defeated a muslim fleet in 1509 • said people are cruel and selfish • all trade must go through england • what tactics did the colonists use • corruption peaked under this person • the idea to buy your way into heaven • shows the US needs a strong government • said all people are born free and equal • ...

Enlightenment Puzzle 2023-05-26

Enlightenment Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Morals and rules that cannot be changed no matter what
  2. Symbolizes evilness in human nature
  3. He is saying that we should all respect one another no matter what religion you are because in the end we are all humans
  4. He concentrated on the sacredness of the social contract and believed God to be the sovereign
  5. When you are born neither good nor bad
  6. when laws and rules are decided on by the people not the government
  7. Symbolizes unity and togetherness
  8. He believed in the Protestant Parliament against the Roman Catholic King James II and he published a book on it
  9. A supreme ruler, especially a monarch that Thomas Hobbes believed there should be one of
  10. Rousseau influenced the first line “We the people,”
  11. Symbolizes primalness
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  1. Humans should all be treated equally, the only way out of this was to create a supreme ruler
  2. The Enlightenment taught people to be ________ of others beliefs and ideologies
  3. A biblical sea monster associated with the devil that Thomas Hobbes named his book after. Represents the government.
  4. Someone who believes in a single god who created the world but does not act to influence events
  5. Symbolizes rescue and responsibility
  6. Symbolizes intelligence in Piggy
  7. An agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
  8. He believed that individuals were so fearful that they avoided violence and war
  9. Purposeful, determined and unwavering person
  10. Complete and unrestricted government power, usually in the hands of one person

21 Clues: Symbolizes primalness • Symbolizes intelligence in Piggy • Symbolizes unity and togetherness • Symbolizes evilness in human nature • Symbolizes rescue and responsibility • When you are born neither good nor bad • Purposeful, determined and unwavering person • Rousseau influenced the first line “We the people,” • Morals and rules that cannot be changed no matter what • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-09-26

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wrote the book On the Spirit of Laws.
  2. people who present new ways of thinking during the enlightenment.
  3. Used microscope to find micro-organisms.
  4. A person who rules with absolute power.
  5. Wrote the book On Crimes and Punishments.
  6. created the 3 laws of motion.
  7. proposed the heliocentric theory.
  8. created the first vaccine for smallpox.
  9. Wrote the book Two Treaties of Government.
  10. Brought up the idea of women receiving education.
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  1. created the scientific method.
  2. to know something one did not know before.
  3. Wrote the book The Social Contract.
  4. a party where people would discuss new ideas.
  5. Wrote the book Candide.
  6. Used math to prove Copernicus's theory.
  7. Created analytic Geometry(Added algebra to geometry)
  8. Wrote the Leviathan.
  9. The earth revolves around the solar system
  10. a system in which multiple groups share decisions making and power.
  11. The sun revolves around the solar system.
  12. Proved that the planets weren't perfect spheres and Jupiter's four moon.

22 Clues: Wrote the Leviathan. • Wrote the book Candide. • created the 3 laws of motion. • created the scientific method. • proposed the heliocentric theory. • Wrote the book The Social Contract. • Wrote the book On the Spirit of Laws. • Used math to prove Copernicus's theory. • A person who rules with absolute power. • created the first vaccine for smallpox. • ...

Enlightenment Vocabulary 2024-09-11

Enlightenment Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a French word that means "philosopher" and was used by 18th century French Enlightenment thinkers to describe themselves
  2. a monarch’s claim that the right to rule comes directly from God and not from the people
  3. a systematic process for acquiring knowledge through observation, experimentation, and analysis
  4. the power of the monarch (king or queen) is limited in some way, usually by a constitution or similar document
  5. a cultural and art movement that characterized Europe from the early seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century
  6. a form of government in which a small group of people hold most or all political power
  7. the theory that humans formed societies by agreeing to give up some freedoms and accept authority in exchange for protection of their remaining rights and the social order
  8. the changing or suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good
  9. a government that is guided by a constitution, which is a set of rules or principles that define the government's legal limits
  10. individual rights that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable
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  1. a judicial procedure and institution that was established by the papacy and some secular governments to combat heresy, blasphemy, and witchcraft
  2. a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society
  3. a system of government where a single ruler (usually a king or queen) rules alone with complete authority over the state and government
  4. in French social structure, represented the middle class, peasants, and wage workers, and made up the majority of the population
  5. a model that divides the government into separate branches, each of which has separate and independent powers
  6. in French social structure, the clergy, who were people, including priests, who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country
  7. the government's authority comes from the people
  8. the idea that the Sun is at the center of the solar system and that the Earth and other planets revolve around it
  9. also spelled tsar; the title of the supreme monarch of Russia from 1547 until 1917
  10. a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country

20 Clues: the government's authority comes from the people • a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country • also spelled tsar; the title of the supreme monarch of Russia from 1547 until 1917 • a form of government in which a small group of people hold most or all political power • ...

The Enlightenment 2025-10-31

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. absolutist ruler who used Enlightenment ideas to modernize Russia
  2. basic human rights you’re born with, not given by leaders
  3. argued government power should be divided to prevent abuse
  4. said government should reflect the general will of the people
  5. argued women deserve equal education and opportunity
  6. led the Encyclopedie to spread science, tech, and new ideas
  7. era when science and reason challenged old traditions and power
  8. sharp critic of censorship who defended free speech and tolerance
  9. focusing on public life and government without church control
  10. using reasoning to explore big questions about society and ethics
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  1. idea that government power comes from the people
  2. massive Enlightenment project sharing knowledge with the public
  3. dividing government into branches to prevent abuse
  4. agreement where people form government to protect rights
  5. ruler with absolute power who used reforms but kept control
  6. ability to express opinions without punishment from government
  7. economist who said markets work best with competition and limited rules
  8. believed people have natural rights government must protect
  9. using logic and evidence instead of tradition or superstition
  10. social gathering where people debated new ideas and shared knowledge

20 Clues: idea that government power comes from the people • dividing government into branches to prevent abuse • argued women deserve equal education and opportunity • agreement where people form government to protect rights • basic human rights you’re born with, not given by leaders • argued government power should be divided to prevent abuse • ...

Enlightenment Philosophers 2025-12-09

Enlightenment Philosophers crossword puzzle
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  1. the will of the majority
  2. wrote the book "On the Spirit of Laws"
  3. Wollstonecraft's daughter famous for writing "Frankenstein"
  4. another name for the Enlightenment
  5. Wrote the book "Letters of the English"
  6. Voltaire praised this type of government because of the civil liberties it provided the people.
  7. a necessary evil to carry out the General Will.
  8. the people agree to be ruled and the ruler provides "safety."
  9. wrote the book "Leviathan" where he discusses that a ruler gets his power from the people.
  10. wrote the book "The Social Government" where he talked about theories of government.
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  1. Intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, and the power of individuals
  2. wrote the book "Two Treatises on Government" where he discusses human nature.
  3. existed to preserve social order, not avenge crimes.
  4. Religious intolerance, unjust taxation, and governmental absolutism where the abuses of this former French Government.
  5. Advocated for women's rights such as education and entering male dominated work force.
  6. His philosophy discussed how laws must be based upon natural rights and be made for all and not for one.
  7. Idea from Montesquieu that the government should divide the power. "Power should be a check to power."
  8. The ability to practice whichever faith you choose. This philosophy came from Voltaire.
  9. Italian philosophe who focused on the justice system.
  10. Locke believed people were born with these: Life, Liberty, and property
  11. these forms of government use Rousseau's philosophy to justify totalitarian rule.

21 Clues: the will of the majority • another name for the Enlightenment • wrote the book "On the Spirit of Laws" • Wrote the book "Letters of the English" • a necessary evil to carry out the General Will. • existed to preserve social order, not avenge crimes. • Italian philosophe who focused on the justice system. • Wollstonecraft's daughter famous for writing "Frankenstein" • ...

8th Grade Unit 1 2025-08-31

8th Grade Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Leader of France's Reign of Terror
  2. Whitefield and the Wesley brothers were part of the ____ club at Oxford
  3. Enlightenment thinker who thought man was too corrupt to rule themselves
  4. Napoleon was born on the island of _______.
  5. John Locke believed humans were born with the natural rights of life, _____, and property
  6. Lewis and Clark began their expedition in St. Louis and went to the _____ Ocean
  7. The _____ estate included the bourgeoisie
  8. Enlightenment philosopher who promoted three branches of government
  9. Great Awakening preacher who wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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  1. Members of France's first estate
  2. The ______ Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
  3. Enlightenment philosopher who wrote The Social Contract
  4. French Enlightenment philosopher who promoted freedom of religion
  5. Third president of the United States
  6. Great Awakening preacher who preached in open air to large crowds

15 Clues: Members of France's first estate • Leader of France's Reign of Terror • Third president of the United States • The _____ estate included the bourgeoisie • Napoleon was born on the island of _______. • Enlightenment philosopher who wrote The Social Contract • The ______ Purchase doubled the size of the United States. • ...

Buddhism terms 2024-11-26

Buddhism terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. enlightened one
  2. an important tree
  3. the collection of Buddhist scriptures
  4. a spiritual leader
  5. craving or desire
  6. a group of monks
  7. infinite light
  8. to enlighten people around you
  9. Buddhist reject it
  10. a meditative discipline
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  1. ancient sound
  2. a symbol of the universe
  3. state of enlightenment
  4. abrubt awakening
  5. a monk
  6. words spoken by the buddha
  7. meditation to get enlightenment
  8. suffering or unsatisfactory

18 Clues: a monk • ancient sound • infinite light • enlightened one • abrubt awakening • a group of monks • an important tree • craving or desire • a spiritual leader • Buddhist reject it • state of enlightenment • a meditative discipline • a symbol of the universe • words spoken by the buddha • suffering or unsatisfactory • to enlighten people around you • meditation to get enlightenment • ...

Enlightenment 2012-10-21

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Longest ruler of France
  2. The idea that monarchs are god's representatives
  3. King of England 1199
  4. Westernized Russia.
  5. an act declaring the rights of the subject.
  6. where the monarch's is restricted by the people
  7. king or queen who has unlimited power.
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  1. A bloodless revolution
  2. Document which limits the king's power
  3. Modernization
  4. Empress of Russia, renowned for longest female ruler of Russia

11 Clues: Modernization • Westernized Russia. • King of England 1199 • A bloodless revolution • Longest ruler of France • Document which limits the king's power • king or queen who has unlimited power. • an act declaring the rights of the subject. • where the monarch's is restricted by the people • The idea that monarchs are god's representatives • ...

Enlightenment 2012-10-21

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Westernized Russia.
  2. king or queen who has unlimited power.
  3. an act declaring the rights of the subject.
  4. King of England 1199
  5. Modernization
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  1. Empress of Russia, renowned for longest female ruler of Russia
  2. The idea that monarchs are god's representatives
  3. Longest ruler of France
  4. A bloodless revolution
  5. where the monarch's is restricted by the people
  6. Document which limits the king's power

11 Clues: Modernization • Westernized Russia. • King of England 1199 • A bloodless revolution • Longest ruler of France • king or queen who has unlimited power. • Document which limits the king's power • an act declaring the rights of the subject. • where the monarch's is restricted by the people • The idea that monarchs are god's representatives • ...

Enlightenment 2023-10-15

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A single complete turn
  2. Make change for improvement to remove abuse and injustice
  3. The system or form by which a community is ruled
  4. Inspired and reflected Enlightenment values in its recognition of the rights and equality of individuals
  5. Is known primarily for a single work—An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)
  6. Branch Part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws.
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  1. of Speech Right guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution
  2. Philosophers The use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition
  3. The quality of being a single thing or person
  4. Was a brilliant satirical portrait of French, particularly Parisian, civilization, supposedly as seen through the eyes of two Persian travelers
  5. A European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity
  6. His thought marked the end of the European Enlightenment (the “Age of Reason”)

12 Clues: A single complete turn • The quality of being a single thing or person • The system or form by which a community is ruled • Make change for improvement to remove abuse and injustice • Branch Part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws. • of Speech Right guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution • ...

Enlightenment 2020-09-29

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. created the first encyclopedia
  2. discussion parties
  3. popular art people went to concerts for
  4. hosted “discussion parties”
  5. belief that monarchs are chosen by God
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  1. impact of the Enlightenment
  2. used emotion to move music to a new style
  3. advocated for more opportunities for women
  4. attacked by enlightenment philosophes
  5. monarchs who listened to new ideas and made efforts to improve the citizens lives
  6. economic model based on desire to make profit

11 Clues: discussion parties • impact of the Enlightenment • hosted “discussion parties” • created the first encyclopedia • attacked by enlightenment philosophes • belief that monarchs are chosen by God • popular art people went to concerts for • used emotion to move music to a new style • advocated for more opportunities for women • economic model based on desire to make profit • ...

The Enlightenment 2020-10-31

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the man who invented the telescope
  2. an invention used to make things appear closer
  3. the father of liberalism
  4. The man who made the first vaccine
  5. the man who created the scientific method
  6. A time period in which modern science developed greatly
  7. the man who proved, through math, that planets were formed in eclipses
  8. the man who believed that the people in a society should make their own laws
  9. The theory meaning the sun is the center of the universe
  10. an agreement between the people and the government
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  1. an invention used to see things that arent visible to the human eye
  2. One of the first modern chemists
  3. Intellectuals of the 18th century enlightenment
  4. a place provided for people to discuss and congregate
  5. a man greatly considered one of the most talented jurists and great thinker of the enightenment
  6. the man who developed the theory that the sun was the center of the universe
  7. the theory meaning the earth is the center of the universe
  8. the man who made separation of powers a thing
  9. the man who discovered gravity's laws
  10. a man who advocated for the freedom of speech and press during the enlightenment
  11. the man who said ¨I think therefore I am¨
  12. one of the first women to fight for women's rights
  13. the man who wrote the Leviathan

23 Clues: the father of liberalism • the man who wrote the Leviathan • One of the first modern chemists • the man who invented the telescope • The man who made the first vaccine • the man who discovered gravity's laws • the man who created the scientific method • the man who said ¨I think therefore I am¨ • the man who made separation of powers a thing • ...

The Enlightenment 2021-09-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based on making falsifiable predictions
  2. Model where the earth is in the center of the solar system
  3. He thought seperation of power would lead to an individual or group gaining control
  4. She fought for womens' rights
  5. He thought humans where naturally selfish and wicked. Book - Leviathan
  6. He created the heliocentric model
  7. Parties where people meet to discuss new ideas
  8. He created geometry and said "I think, therefore, I am"
  9. Model where the sun is in the center of the solar system
  10. He perfected the telescope and he discovered spots on the sun
  11. He encouraged the use of the scientific method
  12. A person who presented new ways of thinking during the Enlightenment
  13. He invented modern chemistry
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  1. He theorized that a certain mathematical law governs planetary motion
  2. Paintings where it depicted aristocrats
  3. A person with absolute power
  4. He used the microscope to study microorganisms
  5. He invented the small pox vaccine
  6. He thought the only good government was created by the people and guided by general will
  7. He developed laws of motion and gravity
  8. Paintings where it depicted reality and had a Greek and Roman art style
  9. He believed everyone should have the freedom of speech and freedom of belief
  10. He thought violence shouldn't be used
  11. He favored self government and he thought all people were born free with equal rights.
  12. contract theory that there is an agreement between the government will make decisions in the interest of the best people

25 Clues: A person with absolute power • He invented modern chemistry • She fought for womens' rights • He invented the small pox vaccine • He created the heliocentric model • He thought violence shouldn't be used • Paintings where it depicted aristocrats • He developed laws of motion and gravity • He used the microscope to study microorganisms • ...

The Enlightenment 2021-09-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. philosophe who thought people needed an absolute monarch for everyday life
  2. person who created the scientific method
  3. philosophe who believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
  4. creator of the heliocentric theory
  5. art that typically depicted happy scenes with wealthy aristocrats
  6. art that typically depicted battle scenes and more realistic topics
  7. founder of modern chemistry
  8. used the microscope in detail for the first time
  9. earth-centered theory
  10. made the laws of motion and gravity
  11. creator of the mathematical laws that govern planetary motion
  12. philosophe who believed that the punishment for a crime should match the extent of the crime
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  1. philosophe who believed in the separation of powers and checks and balances
  2. a person who rules with absolute power
  3. created a vaccine for smallpox
  4. philosophe who wrote the social contract
  5. sun-centered theory
  6. made the experimental method (empiricism)
  7. a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
  8. womens rights advocate
  9. people who presented a new way of thinking during the enlightenment
  10. philosophe who believed people were born with natural rights
  11. person who perfected the telescope
  12. the theory that there is an agreement between the governing and the governed
  13. parties where people met to discuss new ideas

25 Clues: sun-centered theory • earth-centered theory • womens rights advocate • founder of modern chemistry • created a vaccine for smallpox • creator of the heliocentric theory • person who perfected the telescope • made the laws of motion and gravity • a person who rules with absolute power • philosophe who wrote the social contract • person who created the scientific method • ...

The Enlightenment 2021-09-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. natural rights, life, liberty, property
  2. a person who rules with absolute power
  3. experimental method, encourages the use of the scientific method
  4. vaccine for smallpox
  5. abolishment of torture
  6. parties where people met to discuss new ideas
  7. separation of powers
  8. the people who presented new ways of thinking during the enlightenment
  9. he believed the sun was the center of the solar system
  10. a style of art characterized by dull colors and strong lines, often battle scenes
  11. social contract theory
  12. Mathematical laws for planetary motion
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  1. theory that the earth is the center of the solar system
  2. theory that the sun is the center of the solar system
  3. theory that there is an agreement between the governing and the governed
  4. freedom of speech and religion
  5. scientific method
  6. father of modern chemistry
  7. he protected the telescope
  8. laws of motion and gravity
  9. observes bacteria through a microscope
  10. individual freedom
  11. Descartes discovery
  12. woman's equality
  13. a style of art characterized by soft lines and colors

25 Clues: woman's equality • scientific method • individual freedom • Descartes discovery • vaccine for smallpox • separation of powers • abolishment of torture • social contract theory • father of modern chemistry • he protected the telescope • laws of motion and gravity • freedom of speech and religion • a person who rules with absolute power • observes bacteria through a microscope • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-02-06

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Austrian empress who unified her nation after her father's death
  2. Term for a government in which a monarch's power is limited by a Constitution that gives rights to people.
  3. (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the most successful rulers of all time.
  4. acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups
  5. Term for the ruler of Russia (Peter the Great)
  6. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  7. The rights of "life, liberty and property" that John Locke argued for.
  8. a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
  9. Term for an 18th Century monarch who accepted some of the ideas of the enlightenment.
  10. Theory that society gives up certain rights to the government in exchange for protection and other benefits.
  11. Book by Thomas Hobbes about society that argues for a social contract. Take its name from a biblical sea monster.
  12. Term for authority in a state or government and can be held by the people or by a single ruler.
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  1. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia, created a new law code, and greatly expanded Russia
  2. The concept often claimed by absolute monarchs that their power comes from God and there will is God's.
  3. Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and bureaucratic foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy.
  4. (1527-1598) King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. Absolute monarch who helped lead the Counter Reformation by persecuting Protestants in his holdings. Also sent the Spanish Armada against England.
  5. Massive palace built by King Louis XIV outside of Paris that housed the nobles and showed off his massive power.
  6. a government ruled by a king or queen had absolute power.
  7. A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it
  8. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
  9. (1533-1584) earned his nickname for his great acts of cruelty directed toward all those with whom he disagreed, even killing his own son. He became the first ruler to assume the title Czar of all Russia.
  10. (1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.
  11. a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly
  12. (1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.
  13. people who share a culture and a territory
  14. A "hands off" or "let do" government economic policy argued for by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations.
  15. Term for a monarch holding total power (not having to share with a legislature) over a nation.

27 Clues: people who share a culture and a territory • Term for the ruler of Russia (Peter the Great) • acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups • a government ruled by a king or queen had absolute power. • Austrian empress who unified her nation after her father's death • The rights of "life, liberty and property" that John Locke argued for. • ...

Enlightenment Review 2023-03-31

Enlightenment Review crossword puzzle
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  1. used to behead people in French Revolution
  2. fortress prison in Paris
  3. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  4. one of the French estates
  5. Palace of king Louis XVI
  6. wrote the declaration of independence
  7. 3 branches of government
  8. tea party
  9. wife of Louis XVI
  10. laissez-faire
  11. law making branch of government
  12. helped Americans gain independence
  13. the age of enlightenment was also called the age of
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  1. journey from Africa to Americas for slaves
  2. no taxation without _______
  3. _______, tobacco, coffee, and cotton
  4. life, liberty and property
  5. social contract
  6. Emperor who took over after French Revolution
  7. court system branch of government
  8. freedom of religion
  9. American general in the American Revolution
  10. trade route of slavery trade
  11. one of the French estates
  12. main reason colonists rebelled

25 Clues: tea party • laissez-faire • social contract • wife of Louis XVI • freedom of religion • fortress prison in Paris • Palace of king Louis XVI • 3 branches of government • one of the French estates • one of the French estates • life, liberty and property • no taxation without _______ • trade route of slavery trade • main reason colonists rebelled • law making branch of government • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-05-19

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Monarch rules without consulting a legislature
  2. Said political sovereignty came from the will of the people
  3. Estate made up of nobility
  4. Estate made up of the clergy
  5. cataloged entries in The Encyclopedia
  6. More people did this in the Enlightenment
  7. Monarch rules and gives limited power to a legislature
  8. The local language or dialect of the masses
  9. Said sovereignty could be revoked if the government violated laws of the country
  10. The most influential philosophe of the Enlightenment
  11. The goal was to apply __ thought to human existence
  12. Wrote "The Wealth of Nations"
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  1. where philosophes hung out
  2. Philosophe who annotated Mathematical Princples
  3. The French merchant "middle" class
  4. a Paris prison
  5. Estate made up of everyone other than clergy and nobility
  6. vow that the National Assembly wouldn't stop meeting until fair laws were passed for everyone
  7. Wrote Mathematical Principles
  8. After the French Revolution, democracy in France lasted for 9 ___
  9. Monarch is a head of state but legislature rules
  10. coined the era "The Enlightenment"
  11. Crowns himself emperor
  12. French king at the start of the Revolution
  13. Russia's enlightened despot

25 Clues: a Paris prison • Crowns himself emperor • where philosophes hung out • Estate made up of nobility • Russia's enlightened despot • Estate made up of the clergy • Wrote Mathematical Principles • Wrote "The Wealth of Nations" • The French merchant "middle" class • coined the era "The Enlightenment" • cataloged entries in The Encyclopedia • More people did this in the Enlightenment • ...

Enlightenment Thinking 2023-05-30

Enlightenment Thinking crossword puzzle
Across
  1. intense loyalty to others who speak your language and/or share your culture
  2. Agreement between members of a society to cooperate for the collect benefit
  3. Writer of pamphlet Common Sense
  4. Philosopher best known for ideas on checks and balances and separation of powers
  5. Scientist who theorized universal gravity
  6. The belief that humans are born with certain rights
  7. Idea that a human's natural instincts govern their reasoning and behavior
  8. Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights
  9. The belief that Earth is at the center of the universe
  10. Wrotes a book on the social contract
  11. Influential pamphlet in the American Revolution, arguing for independence
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  1. Convention led to advocate for women's rights, participants rewrote a section of the Declaration of Independence
  2. British female novelist and advocate of women's rights
  3. A belief that there is a creator (God), but the creator does not interfere in events
  4. Enlightenment thinker who believed humans needed strict government to prevent chaos
  5. French playwright best known for writing Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
  6. Government with a constitution
  7. The belief that the Sun is at the center of the universe
  8. Enlightenment thinker best known for Francis Bacon is most famous for his philosophy of science, focusing on inductive reasoning
  9. Way of thinking that emphasized humans as opposed to divine figures or gods

20 Clues: Government with a constitution • Writer of pamphlet Common Sense • Wrotes a book on the social contract • Scientist who theorized universal gravity • The belief that humans are born with certain rights • Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights • British female novelist and advocate of women's rights • The belief that Earth is at the center of the universe • ...

Enlightenment/Revolution 2013-03-28

Enlightenment/Revolution crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The concept that stated monarchs recieve their power from God.
  2. A Holy Roman Emperor that tried, but failed, to change Europe's religion to Catholisism.
  3. Mid-1500's; people beganto challenge traditional authorities and stated a new war of thinking.
  4. Certain powers are held by the federal government.
  5. He believed people were naturally happy, tolerant, and reasonable and had natural rights.
  6. A fleet made by Phillip II to England and backfired.
  7. The idea that the earth is at the center of the universe.
  8. called the Age of Reason.
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  1. Ruler of Spain, Charles I son, caused the Court of Blood.
  2. A document issued by Henry IV that allowed colonists to choose to follow the Catholic or Protestant faith.
  3. He thought people naturally solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
  4. This set geographic boundaries for the new US.
  5. A tax on newspaper, legal documents, and oher public papers.
  6. A ruler that has complete power over their people.
  7. said government should have a seperation of powers.
  8. The idea that the Sun is the middle of the universe.
  9. the bringing of modern western ideas, cultures, and customs.
  10. First to use a telescope and came in direct conflict with the church because os his ideas.
  11. a republican government based on the sommon good of all people.
  12. A French Calvanist Protestant.

20 Clues: called the Age of Reason. • A French Calvanist Protestant. • This set geographic boundaries for the new US. • A ruler that has complete power over their people. • Certain powers are held by the federal government. • said government should have a seperation of powers. • The idea that the Sun is the middle of the universe. • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-12

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of or pertaining to the musical period following the Renaissance, extending roughly from 1600 to 1750.
  2. Smith 1723–90, Scottish economist.
  3. Madison 1751–1836, 4th president of the U.S. 1809–17.
  4. a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
  5. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
  6. The Great 1729–17, queen of Russia
  7. 1689--1755, French political philosopher.
  8. the act or practice of censoring.
  9. 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
  10. Contract an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.
  11. a homophonic musical style of the middle 18th century, marked by a generally superficial elegance and charm and by the use of elaborate ornamentation and stereotyped devices.
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  1. Law a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
  2. a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
  3. II 1765-1790, king of Austria
  4. 1712–78, French philosopher, author, and social reformer; born in Switzerland.
  5. faire the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs.
  6. Locke 1632–1704, English philosopher.
  7. Despot powerful rulers who reigned during the enlightened despotism times in the 18th century.
  8. The Great 1740–1786, king of Prussia
  9. any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
  10. Hobbes 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

21 Clues: II 1765-1790, king of Austria • the act or practice of censoring. • Smith 1723–90, Scottish economist. • The Great 1729–17, queen of Russia • The Great 1740–1786, king of Prussia • Locke 1632–1704, English philosopher. • 1689--1755, French political philosopher. • Hobbes 1588–1679, English philosopher and author. • a drawing room or reception room in a large house. • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-11

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A philosophical movement of the 18th century in Europe
  2. The father of the constitution who designed the 3 branches of government
  3. A policy of attitued of lettings things take their own course
  4. A large room such as drawing room used for receiving entertaining guest
  5. Scottish economist who advocated pirate enterprises and free trade
  6. A prison engaged or learned in philosophy
  7. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century
  8. King of Prussia
  9. The practice of officially examining books,movies and etc.
  10. the author of the Declaration of the Independence
  11. A style of European architecture
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  1. A body of law held to be derived from nature
  2. A form of absolute monarchy or despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment
  3. His philosophy influenced the french revolution
  4. The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment
  5. French writer who was the embodiment of 8th century enlightenment
  6. Russian empire who greatly increase
  7. English philosopher who believed that a government's power comes form the people
  8. English philosopher, scientist, and historian, best known for his political philosophy
  9. French philosopher who concluded that liberty could be best safeguarded by separation of powers
  10. Agreement among members of society
  11. Emperor of the holy roman empire

22 Clues: King of Prussia • Emperor of the holy roman empire • A style of European architecture • Agreement among members of society • Russian empire who greatly increase • A prison engaged or learned in philosophy • A body of law held to be derived from nature • His philosophy influenced the french revolution • the author of the Declaration of the Independence • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-11

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Agreement among members of society
  2. A body of law held to be derived from nature
  3. The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment
  4. His philosophy influenced the french revolution
  5. A policy of attitued of lettings things take their own course
  6. A prison engaged or learned in philosophy
  7. English philosopher, scientist, and historian, best known for his political philosophy
  8. The father of the constitution who designed the 3 branches of government
  9. A philosophical movement of the 18th century in Europe
  10. the author of the Declaration of the Independence
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  1. Scottish economist who advocated pirate enterprises and free trade
  2. The practice of officially examining books,movies and etc.
  3. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century
  4. Russian empire who greatly increase
  5. French philosopher who concluded that liberty could be best safeguarded by separation of powers
  6. A large room such as drawing room used for receiving entertaining guest
  7. King of Prussia
  8. A form of absolute monarchy or despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment
  9. English philosopher who believed that a government's power comes form the people
  10. French writer who was the embodiment of 8th century enlightenment
  11. A style of European architecture
  12. Emperor of the holy roman empire

22 Clues: King of Prussia • A style of European architecture • Emperor of the holy roman empire • Agreement among members of society • Russian empire who greatly increase • A prison engaged or learned in philosophy • A body of law held to be derived from nature • His philosophy influenced the french revolution • the author of the Declaration of the Independence • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-13

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a period of artistic style.
  2. a person who offers views on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic and other related fields.
  3. father of the constitution.
  4. allows businesses to operate with very little interference from the government.
  5. french philosopher who wrote the book the social contract.
  6. style of composition arising on 18th centuary france.
  7. french enlightenment writer, his attacks on the established catholic church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and seperation of church and state.
  8. a period of time in which people applied reasons to everyday things and started thinking for themselves.
  9. aurged that peoople were cruel and selfish by nature and needed to be controlled by an absolute monarch.
  10. scottish philosopher who focused on using natural law to reform the economy and aurged the policy of laissez faire.
  11. an agreement made by the people to give up their freedom in exchange for an organized society.
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  1. suppression of the public speech or other public communications, which was done by burning and banning books as well as jailing the others in the enlightenment age.
  2. principle author of the decleration of independence who believed in equality for all.
  3. french enlightenment thinker.
  4. french thinker who developed the ideas of seperation of powers, checks and balances and minority rights.
  5. russian monarch
  6. prussian monarch that allowed free press and urged religious tolerance.
  7. a form of absolute monarcies that accepted enlightenment ideas.
  8. rules that govern natural forces such as gravity.
  9. informal social gatherings.
  10. english philosopher that argued that people were good at theorized natural right, he rejected absolute monarchies.
  11. austian monarch.

22 Clues: russian monarch • austian monarch. • a period of artistic style. • father of the constitution. • informal social gatherings. • french enlightenment thinker. • rules that govern natural forces such as gravity. • style of composition arising on 18th centuary france. • french philosopher who wrote the book the social contract. • ...

The Enlightenment 2015-11-23

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A written document that Americans live by today
  2. axes on non-british goods imported to American colonies.
  3. saw tolerance as a great value
  4. the amount of branches in our government.
  5. A system of government the new USA nation designed before the constitution
  6. thought there are three types of government
  7. taxes on all printed material.
  8. believed parliament had too much power.
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  1. An intellectual movement taking place in the 16th and 17th century
  2. Colonies did this as a way of saying to the British that all this taxing must stop
  3. a peace treaty signed in 1783
  4. believed virtue exists in the state of nature but lost in society.
  5. This jumped up to 80% of men and 60% of women.
  6. Ensured people that America would not turn into a monarchy
  7. 5 killed
  8. When Britain shuts down black market and smuggling, this occurs.
  9. a prime minister who enforced the king's laws
  10. Now people focused on this word rather than the nation as a whole.
  11. This was what the colonies were striving for.
  12. this is what the colonists resorted to when the British banned certain goods.

20 Clues: 5 killed • a peace treaty signed in 1783 • saw tolerance as a great value • taxes on all printed material. • believed parliament had too much power. • the amount of branches in our government. • thought there are three types of government • a prime minister who enforced the king's laws • This was what the colonies were striving for. • ...

The Enlightenment 2017-01-17

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Locke earned this degree in June 1658
  2. rohan Voltaire to be beaten up by thugs by this man
  3. Rousseau was brought up by this figure
  4. Rousseau's family trade line was
  5. Montesquieu influenced the ____ founding fathers
  6. he died october 28th 1704 (was 72)
  7. Montesquieu was considered champion of this
  8. he died 2nd of july 1778 (was 66)
  9. he died 10th of febuary 1755 (was 66)
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  1. Rousseau was born in this city­state
  2. John locke was called this
  3. Montesquieu was counselor of this parliament
  4. Locke's family moved here
  5. Rousseau was entered here after his death
  6. Voltaire's father got him this job as the secretary of the new french ____
  7. he died 30th of may 1778 (was 83)
  8. Voltaire was born in this capitol also known as the "city of love"
  9. Montesquieu was sent to this type of school
  10. Locke earned this degree in February 1656
  11. Voltaire had trouble with the french

20 Clues: Locke's family moved here • John locke was called this • Rousseau's family trade line was • he died 30th of may 1778 (was 83) • he died 2nd of july 1778 (was 66) • he died october 28th 1704 (was 72) • Rousseau was born in this city­state • Voltaire had trouble with the french • Locke earned this degree in June 1658 • he died 10th of febuary 1755 (was 66) • ...

Revolution & Enlightenment 2016-02-23

Revolution & Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. came up with 3 types of branches
  2. letting people do what they want
  3. egg-shaped orbits
  4. major conflict inn 1740
  5. entire society agrees to be governed by its general will
  6. Prussica and France vs. Austria and Great Britain
  7. discovered that the heart was the beginning point for the circulation of blood
  8. inherited throne in 1740
  9. one of the best educated and most cultured monarchs of the time
  10. wrote about uncertainty of existence
  11. most famous of all composters
  12. based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
  13. executive, legislative, judicial
  14. described the human body and organs
  15. person who developed the scientific method
  16. his ideas influenced the intellectuals of the Enlightenment
  17. helped destroy the ptolemaic system
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  1. said punishments should not be brutal
  2. volumes of gas changes based on pressure
  3. proceeding from the particular to the general
  4. made the first encyclopedia
  5. sun is at the center
  6. a procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
  7. explained all motion in the universe
  8. powerful, graceful, grandeur, bring out the best of the subjects of their art, the people
  9. why planets continue their orbits around the sun
  10. new type of monarchy that emerged in the eighteenth century
  11. ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796
  12. viewed as one of the founders of the modern social science of economics
  13. English writer, advanced the strongest statement for the rights of women
  14. earth is at the center
  15. thought about the heliocentric universe
  16. argued that people had adopted laws and government in order to preserve their private property
  17. discovered mountains on moon
  18. another word for philosopher
  19. elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy upper class’s great urban houses
  20. work was the most famous new religious and evangelical movement

37 Clues: egg-shaped orbits • sun is at the center • earth is at the center • major conflict inn 1740 • inherited throne in 1740 • made the first encyclopedia • discovered mountains on moon • another word for philosopher • most famous of all composters • ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 • came up with 3 types of branches • letting people do what they want • executive, legislative, judicial • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2022-03-29

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the belief that truth could be discovered through logic or reasoning.
  2. the belief that people should be able to practice whatever they believed in.
  3. what Rousseau believed would guide a good government.
  4. a philosopher dedicated to individual freedom.
  5. a French writer who believed Britain was the most well governed country in his day.
  6. A new perspective of the natural world.
  7. social gatherings held by hostesses where various people discusses ideas.
  8. A movement that reached its height in the 1700s and brought change to western civilization.
  9. King Louis 16 was one of these.
  10. a philosopher who invented the encyclopedia
  11. Francois Marie Arouet. He fought for many things such as freedom of religion.
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  1. believed to be the source of the government's power.
  2. the philosopher who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796.
  3. certain unalienable rights
  4. an agreement between society and the government.
  5. a structure of government where power is divided among different branches.
  6. ;beliefs
  7. an enlightenment thinker who believes people are born free and equal; associated with natural rights.
  8. an enlightenment thinker who believed that people should hand over their rights to a ruler; associated with social contract.
  9. This justifies a monarch's rule.

20 Clues: ;beliefs • certain unalienable rights • King Louis 16 was one of these. • This justifies a monarch's rule. • A new perspective of the natural world. • a philosopher who invented the encyclopedia • a philosopher dedicated to individual freedom. • an agreement between society and the government. • the philosopher who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796. • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2023-10-01

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only caring about yourself
  2. Unchanged principles, discovered through reason, that govern all human conduct
  3. 1st and last name of Ms. Stearns' favorite Harry Potter Character
  4. Opposite of bad
  5. Key person who ridiculed leaders and believed religion shouldn't be too strict
  6. Instances where people revolt against their government
  7. A time when people used reason to find truths about humanity
  8. The name of Ms. Stearns' dog
  9. Party where Enlightenment ideas could be discussed
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  1. Restricting access to ideas and information
  2. His ideas supported the French Revolution and he valued education
  3. Known for disagreeing with Hobbes
  4. Common language
  5. Core opinions and values
  6. Key person who fought for gender equality
  7. A state of being equal
  8. Key person who believes people are naturally selfish
  9. One of the ways people disguised their enlightenment writings
  10. "You have the ____ to remain silent!"
  11. Used to find truths about humanity

20 Clues: Common language • Opposite of bad • A state of being equal • Core opinions and values • Only caring about yourself • The name of Ms. Stearns' dog • Known for disagreeing with Hobbes • Used to find truths about humanity • "You have the ____ to remain silent!" • Key person who fought for gender equality • Restricting access to ideas and information • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-09-26

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wrote the book On the Spirit of Laws.
  2. people who present new ways of thinking during the enlightenment.
  3. Used microscope to find micro-organisms.
  4. A person who rules with absolute power.
  5. Wrote the book On Crimes and Punishments.
  6. created the 3 laws of motion.
  7. proposed the heliocentric theory.
  8. created the first vaccine for smallpox.
  9. Wrote the book Two Treaties of Government.
  10. Brought up the idea of women receiving education.
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  1. created the scientific method.
  2. to know something one did not know before.
  3. Wrote the book The Social Contract.
  4. a party where people would discuss new ideas.
  5. Wrote the book Candide.
  6. Used math to prove Copernicus's theory.
  7. Created analytic Geometry(Added algebra to geometry)
  8. Wrote the Leviathan.
  9. The earth revolves around the solar system
  10. a system in which multiple groups share decisions making and power.
  11. The sun revolves around the solar system.
  12. Proved that the planets weren't perfect spheres and Jupiter's four moon.

22 Clues: Wrote the Leviathan. • Wrote the book Candide. • created the 3 laws of motion. • created the scientific method. • proposed the heliocentric theory. • Wrote the book The Social Contract. • Wrote the book On the Spirit of Laws. • Used math to prove Copernicus's theory. • A person who rules with absolute power. • created the first vaccine for smallpox. • ...

enlightenment/imperialism 2024-01-30

enlightenment/imperialism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. General Will
  2. rule by an emperor
  3. Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
  4. was a strong advocate of freedom of speech and religious belief
  5. a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority
  6. a building for manufacturing things typically on rivers
  7. people give up their rights to a strong ruler in exchange for law and order
  8. the idea that kings got their authority from god\
  9. came up with natural rights
  10. people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules
  11. he came up with the idea of separation of powers
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  1. a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence
  2. discovered gravity
  3. the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation
  4. "the bridge to nobility", because it allowed people to convert their wealth into power due to the new ideas introduced during the Enlightenment
  5. invented the steam engine
  6. that the sun is at the center of the solar system
  7. the process of making an area more urban
  8. he invented the telescope and law of inertia
  9. someone who starts their own business

20 Clues: General Will • discovered gravity • rule by an emperor • invented the steam engine • came up with natural rights • someone who starts their own business • the process of making an area more urban • he invented the telescope and law of inertia • he came up with the idea of separation of powers • that the sun is at the center of the solar system • ...

Absolutism & Enlightenment 2024-02-28

Absolutism & Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was an eighteenth-century English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights and education.
  2. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
  3. a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
  4. the idea that a monarch's right to rule came from God, which meant that no one was allowed to question them
  5. 1650-1800, time when European philosophers rethink government, religion, and the economy
  6. government where a monarch has absolute, unlimited power
  7. the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July [O.S. 28 June] 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67.
  8. Parliamentary act which separated powers, limited the monarch's powers, created democratic elections and free speech
  9. A Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.
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  1. the rights that all people are born with - according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty, and property.
  2. Russian czar who westernized and modernized Russia
  3. was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism".
  4. The unique cultural identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols (could also be pride in your country)
  5. an intellectual of the Enlightenment
  6. having legislative, executive, and judicial powers separate
  7. measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
  8. English queen who ruled for 45 years, improved England by promoting capitalism and mercantilism, created a Golden Age, however she died without an heir
  9. one of the 18th-century European monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects.
  10. known by his nom de plume, a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
  11. french monarch for 72 years, called himself the Sun King, created the palace of Versailles

20 Clues: an intellectual of the Enlightenment • Russian czar who westernized and modernized Russia • government where a monarch has absolute, unlimited power • having legislative, executive, and judicial powers separate • measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others. • ...

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT 2024-04-26

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scottish philosopher interested in the experience-based nature of human knowledge
  2. Monarchy but like intense
  3. Working class population, according to Marx
  4. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite type of document
  5. Female ruler of Prussia
  6. Established Anglican Relgion and a subject of John Locke’s interest in 1753
  7. Martin Luther came up with 95 of them
  8. Something too many people lack these days and the name of Thomas Paine’s book
  9. 8-Across’s kind of philosophy
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  1. Horror novel written by Mary Shelley, or a spooky Halloween costume
  2. Public sphere location, or where you might find this magazine ;)
  3. Where you might play a racket sport or make an oath
  4. Victims of a massacre in Paris or the name of a hit broadway musical?
  5. Rousseau's birthplace
  6. What Galileo used to see the stars
  7. OG Bible
  8. I think _________ I am
  9. Free market alternative to communism
  10. Location of deadly earthquake in 1755
  11. Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire

20 Clues: OG Bible • Rousseau's birthplace • I think _________ I am • Female ruler of Prussia • Monarchy but like intense • 8-Across’s kind of philosophy • What Galileo used to see the stars • Free market alternative to communism • Martin Luther came up with 95 of them • Location of deadly earthquake in 1755 • Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire • ...

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT 2024-04-26

DECODING ENLIGHTENMENT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scottish philosopher interested in the experience-based nature of human knowledge
  2. Monarchy but like intense
  3. Working class population, according to Marx
  4. Thomas Jefferson’s favorite type of document
  5. Female ruler of Prussia
  6. Established Anglican Relgion and a subject of John Locke’s interest in 1753
  7. Martin Luther came up with 95 of them
  8. Something too many people lack these days and the name of Thomas Paine’s book
  9. 2-Across’s kind of philosophy
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  1. Horror novel written by Mary Shelley, or a spooky Halloween costume
  2. Public sphere location, or where you might find this magazine ;)
  3. Where you might play a racket sport or make an oath
  4. Victims of a massacre in Paris or the name of a hit broadway musical?
  5. Rousseau's birthplace
  6. What Galileo used to see the stars
  7. OG Bible
  8. I think _________ I am
  9. Free market alternative to communism
  10. Location of deadly earthquake in 1755
  11. Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire

20 Clues: OG Bible • Rousseau's birthplace • I think _________ I am • Female ruler of Prussia • Monarchy but like intense • 2-Across’s kind of philosophy • What Galileo used to see the stars • Free market alternative to communism • Martin Luther came up with 95 of them • Location of deadly earthquake in 1755 • Satircally optimistic novella by Voltaire • ...

Enlightenment Vocab 2025-01-16

Enlightenment Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. The British monarch during the American Revolution.
  2. A French leader who rose to power during the French Revolution.
  3. An empire that spanned southeastern Europe and parts of the Middle East.
  4. A key philosopher of the Enlightenment, best known for his work on the social contract.
  5. Religious officials in hierarchical churches.
  6. The document outlining the basic laws and structure of a government.
  7. An economist who is a foundational figure in the development of capitalism.
  8. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
  9. A large-scale uprising in China against foreign influence and imperialism.
  10. A Russian empress who enlightened Russia in the 18th century.
  11. Individuals who study philosophy.
  12. Scientist who formulated laws of motion and universal gravitation.
  13. Belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge.
  14. A British tax law imposing a fee on paper products.
  15. A philosopher burnt at the stake for challenging the Catholic Church’s teachings.
  16. A Swiss philosopher known for his work on the social contract.
  17. The belief that God exists in all things.
  18. The hope that human progress and reason will lead to a better future.
  19. The rights inherent to all individuals, such as life, liberty, and property.
  20. A sudden, forceful change in government.
  21. An American political figure who strongly influenced the founding of the U.S.
  22. Rights that cannot be surrendered, sold, or transferred.
  23. A work that compiled the collective knowledge of the Enlightenment.
  24. A type of economic system where supply and demand drive production.
  25. Astronomer who revolutionized views of the universe with his heliocentric theory.
  26. A movement for gender equality, especially in political and social spheres.
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  1. A French writer who advocated for civil liberties.
  2. Universal principles that govern the natural world.
  3. Strong desire or drive to achieve something.
  4. A group who deny the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
  5. The suppression or restriction of speech or information.
  6. A system where government power is restricted by law.
  7. A term used for the belief that human reason and logic should guide actions.
  8. British laws that restricted colonial trade in the American colonies.
  9. A French philosopher and writer known for his critical writings.
  10. European rulers who embraced Enlightenment ideals in their reigns.
  11. A belief system that asserts a rational, impersonal God.
  12. The theoretical agreement between the ruler and the ruled in political philosophy.
  13. A political ideology that emphasizes pride in one’s country.
  14. A concept in philosophy asserting that humans are born with a blank mind.
  15. A document that declared the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
  16. An individual who remains loyal to a government or authority.
  17. A servant bound to the land during feudal times.
  18. A hands-off economic policy.
  19. A religious group known for their pacifism and commitment to social justice.
  20. Religious institution that played a central role in European life, often clashing with Enlightenment ideals.
  21. A political system where the monarch has absolute power.
  22. A gathering of intellectuals to discuss ideas during the Enlightenment.
  23. Freedom from oppression or undue control by government.

49 Clues: A hands-off economic policy. • Individuals who study philosophy. • A sudden, forceful change in government. • The belief that God exists in all things. • Strong desire or drive to achieve something. • Religious officials in hierarchical churches. • A servant bound to the land during feudal times. • A French writer who advocated for civil liberties. • ...

The Enlightenment 2025-03-27

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. defying the laws of
  2. goes well w/ eggs
  3. a recanting coward
  4. the Age of Reason
  5. It's just a theory, a heliocentric theory
  6. I sense this might be a tough one
  7. men are the worst
  8. be reasonable
  9. modern day libertarian
  10. get your hair done here
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  1. what did you do during quarantine??
  2. a rock solid theory
  3. one must cultivate one's own garden
  4. I think, therefore I am
  5. the subject of a Wicked song
  6. the founding fathers were locked in on this guy
  7. an informal communal agreement
  8. la capitale des Lumières
  9. I do not agree with a word you say
  10. you know how to ball
  11. the apple DOESN'T fall far from the tree

21 Clues: be reasonable • goes well w/ eggs • the Age of Reason • men are the worst • a recanting coward • defying the laws of • a rock solid theory • you know how to ball • modern day libertarian • I think, therefore I am • get your hair done here • la capitale des Lumières • the subject of a Wicked song • an informal communal agreement • I sense this might be a tough one • ...

Enlightenment Vocab 2025-04-19

Enlightenment Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Belief in God or spiritual values
  2. A gathering of delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and draft a new constitution
  3. Too powerful or cruel
  4. The idea that government power comes from the people
  5. Even the president has to follow it
  6. A time when people used reason and science to improve life and government
  7. Rights that can’t be taken away
  8. Even occurred as a result of the British tea tax
  9. The 13 Colonies the British Conquered
  10. Being a good and honest person
  11. Tax on imported sugar and Molasse's products
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  1. Fairness; making sure people are treated equally and their rights are protected
  2. Acts done in response to rising rebellion in colonies
  3. Term coined after the Townshend Acts
  4. The right to evolve a government
  5. The idea that the most votes decide
  6. Rules about right and wrong that help people make good choices
  7. The way something is done or carried out regularly
  8. Name of the British Army
  9. Careful thinking and problem-solving
  10. The freedom to make your own choices and live how you want
  11. Rights people are born with, life, and freedom
  12. An agreement between the people and their government
  13. A government where the people have the power

24 Clues: Too powerful or cruel • Name of the British Army • Being a good and honest person • Rights that can’t be taken away • The right to evolve a government • Belief in God or spiritual values • The idea that the most votes decide • Even the president has to follow it • Term coined after the Townshend Acts • Careful thinking and problem-solving • The 13 Colonies the British Conquered • ...

Enlightenment Crossword 2025-02-11

Enlightenment Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The power of the mind to think or understand
  2. To give someone greater knowledge
  3. A system of government by the whole population or social order
  4. A French enlightenment writer,historian, and philosopher famous for his advocacy of civil liberties
  5. A forcible overthrow of a goverment or social order
  6. The study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world
  7. Jean-Jacques _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,A genevan philosopher who influenced the Enlightement with political philosophy
  8. David _ _ _ _ , a Scottish Enlightmement philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist
  9. Relating to society or its organization
  10. The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel way
  11. The ability to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior
  12. A general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772
  13. The state of being equal in rights and opportunities
  14. A belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason rather than religious
  15. Charles-Louis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,A French judge,man of letters, and political philosopher
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  1. A skeptical attitude, doubting the truth of something
  2. The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience
  3. The state of being free within society without restrictions
  4. John _ _ _ _ _ ,An english philosopher known as one the most influential Enlightement thinkers
  5. A system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine
  6. Denis _ _ _ _ _ _, a French philosopher , art critic, writer, and was best known for serving as co-founder of the encyclopedie
  7. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge
  8. A detailed analysis and assessment of something
  9. Immanuel _ _ _ _, A German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy
  10. Make change in something in order to improve it
  11. The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions
  12. Legal,social, or ethical principles of freedom
  13. A written or spoken agreement
  14. Foward movement twaord a destination or goals
  15. A regular social gathering, especially of writers and artist

30 Clues: A written or spoken agreement • To give someone greater knowledge • Relating to society or its organization • The power of the mind to think or understand • Foward movement twaord a destination or goals • Legal,social, or ethical principles of freedom • A detailed analysis and assessment of something • Make change in something in order to improve it • ...

The Enlightenment 2025-03-13

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. A religious movement inspired by Martin Luther that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and ultimately lead to a split between Catholics and Protestants
  2. Born with rights that include life, liberty, and property; according to Locke, they are to be protected by the government
  3. Enlightenment thinker who argued that education should be available to all people and encouraged women to pursue male dominated professions (law, medicine, etc.)
  4. A secular artistic style featuring landscapes, exhibiting the nobility at leisure; light, superficial, and highly criticized by philosophes
  5. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive, legislative and judicial powers as well as for checks and balances between the branches of government
  6. Italian astronomer who constructed a telescope to study the stars; supported the heliocentric theory based on his observations, but later recanted under threat of torture by the church
  7. English political philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty and property; emphasized that the purpose of government is to protect natural rights
  8. Disciplined approach to discovery; involves identifying a problem or question through observation, forming and testing a hypothesis, and stating conclusions based on observations or data
  9. A means of disguising ideas in works of fiction
  10. Smith Scottish economist who emphasized the laissez-faire principle of little to no government interference with business and commerce
  11. French economic thinkers who emphasized who opposed mercantilism and embraced laissez-faire
  12. Empress of Russia and Enlightened despot who supported religious tolerance and opposed torture; crushed a peasant revolt and strengthened serfdom
  13. An intellectual movement that emphasized science and reason and the power of individuals to solve problems
  14. English mathematician and scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation
  15. An agreement between the people and their government signifying the peoples' willingness to be governed in exchange for their needs being met by the government; can be broken if the contract is violated
  16. English politician and writer who urged scientists to rely on data from experimentation and to reject unsupported ideas
  17. French mathematician who called for everything should be doubted and proved by reason
  18. French philosopher who encouraged freedom of speech, separation of church and state, and the right to practice one's faith free of persecution; exiled for a time as a result of his ideas
  19. Rules discoverable by reason, governed by forces such as gravity and magnetism.
  20. English political philosopher who emphasized that people were naturally selfish and wicked; an all powerful monarch must keep order
  21. Absolute rulers who embraced Enlightenment ideals and who supported various reforms, though without any intention of giving up personal power
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  1. A system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches; prevents any one branch from accumulating too much power
  2. Hapsburg Emperor of Austria and Enlightened despot who traveled in disguise among his population to better relate to their problems; abolished serfdom and ordered that peasants be paid for their labor; his reforms were opposed by nobles and cancelled following his death
  3. Long held belief that the Earth was the center of the Universe; the idea that the sun, moon, and the planets all moved in circular paths around the Earth
  4. Restriction on access to ideas and information
  5. Idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun; proposed by Copernicus and supported by Galileo
  6. Leading philosophe who published the Encyclopedia, a compilation of essays and articles from many leading scholars; though censored, the Encyclopedia helped spread Enlightenment ideas to educated people throughout Europe.
  7. Idea that government not interfere with business
  8. An artistic style celebrating ideas and themes from ancient Greece and Rome; emphasized civic duty and love of country; inspiration behind the Capitol and Jefferson Memorial
  9. Enlightenment thinker who emphasized the equality of all persons, direct democracy, and more freedom
  10. The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  11. A large published collection of Enlightenment ideas; helped spread Enlightenment ideas to educated people all over Europe; rejected by the French government and the Catholic church
  12. Ruler of Prussia and Enlightened despot who believed a ruler should act like a father to his people and a "servant of the state;" promoted religious freedom, reduced censorship, abolished torture; opposed serfdom but tolerated it for fear of upsetting the nobility
  13. An economic system in which production, price, and wage decisions are determined naturally through the free interaction between producers and consumers
  14. An economic policy emphasizing self-sufficiency of nations through government measures
  15. A group of "radical" French thinkers who emphasized applying human reason to address problems in all aspects of life
  16. An artistic style characterized by extravagant, ornate, or over-the-top design; utilized dark shadows, robust individuals, and movement; emphasized Catholicism and monarchy
  17. Informal social gathering featuring writers, artists, scientists, philosophes, and others; helped spread Enlightenment ideas

38 Clues: Restriction on access to ideas and information • A means of disguising ideas in works of fiction • Idea that government not interfere with business • Rules discoverable by reason, governed by forces such as gravity and magnetism. • English mathematician and scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation • ...

Enlightenment Thinkers 2025-09-16

Enlightenment Thinkers crossword puzzle
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  1. English thinker who believed in strong monarchy to prevent chaos
  2. U.S. state known as the 'Sunshine State'
  3. Country with the world’s largest population (as of 2025)
  4. Philosopher from France who wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman (First name Olympe)
  5. Italian reformer who opposed torture and capital punishment
  6. Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
  7. thousand seven hundred seventy-six Year the Declaration of Independence was signed
  8. Philosopher who said 'I think, therefore I am'
  9. French writer who fought for freedom of speech and religion
  10. Prussian king who ruled as an Enlightened despot
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  1. Streaming service that released Stranger Things
  2. English philosopher who argued for natural rights: life, liberty, property
  3. American writer of Common Sense
  4. Singer of Anti-Hero and Shake It Off
  5. French thinker who promoted separation of powers in government
  6. Swiss thinker who emphasized education and the 'general will'
  7. Russian ruler who embraced Enlightenment ideas while expanding her empire
  8. English thinker who promoted the scientific method through observation and experimentation
  9. English feminist who argued for women’s education
  10. French editor of the Encyclopédie

20 Clues: American writer of Common Sense • French editor of the Encyclopédie • Singer of Anti-Hero and Shake It Off • U.S. state known as the 'Sunshine State' • Philosopher who said 'I think, therefore I am' • Streaming service that released Stranger Things • Prussian king who ruled as an Enlightened despot • English feminist who argued for women’s education • ...

Enlightenment Review 2025-10-16

Enlightenment Review crossword puzzle
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  1. The era leading into the Enlightenment.
  2. For the Enlightenment writers, logic and ____________ were the keys to understanding human society.
  3. Wrote The Spirit of Laws. Believed that government should be in pieces.
  4. Thomas Hobbes’ lived through this event in his country that impacted his view of humans.
  5. In Europe before the Enlightenment, this institution had authority over the theories of the universe.
  6. Englishman who wrote Leviathan? Had a pessimistic view of human nature.
  7. French term meaning, ‘lovers of wisdom.’ Another name for a French Enlightenment Thinker.
  8. Social gathering, informal, philosophes and others gathered to exchanged ideas
  9. Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes and others exchanged ideas.
  10. Model with the Sun at the center.
  11. Restriction on access to ideas and information
  12. an agreement in which people gave up freedom to the government to avoid chaos
  13. This man believed that all people deserve the right to Life, liberty, and property.
  14. Denis Diderot is well-known for his creation of this one-stop source of knowledge.
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  1. Model with the Earth at the center.
  2. privileges that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property
  3. Satirist who targeted the Catholic Church and the French monarchy/government.
  4. In Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu discussed this idea, which we call Checks and Balances in the USA.
  5. Polish astronomer who concluded that the sun is the center of the universe around which Earth and the other planets revolve.
  6. Economist, masterpiece was An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nation, argued for free markets with little to do with the government, very influential

20 Clues: Model with the Sun at the center. • Model with the Earth at the center. • The era leading into the Enlightenment. • Restriction on access to ideas and information • Wrote The Spirit of Laws. Believed that government should be in pieces. • Englishman who wrote Leviathan? Had a pessimistic view of human nature. • ...

Enlightenment & Revolutions 2018-10-27

Enlightenment & Revolutions crossword puzzle
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  1. Favored separation of powers to keep one body from running government
  2. of Independence Document justifying colonial rebellion
  3. Set of books to which Enlightenment thinkers contribute essays
  4. Grand, ornate design
  5. A movement stressing reason and thought
  6. Power divided between nation and states
  7. Revolution New way of viewing natural world-based on observation, inquiry
  8. Contract Idea by Hobbes that gets order in society by giving power to monarch
  9. Argues for tolerance and reason
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  1. Advocated using logic, math to reason out basic truths
  2. Planets revolve around the sun
  3. Newton Develops theory of motion
  4. Style of design based on Greek/Roman Themes
  5. Moon, sun, planets revolve around the earth
  6. Urged scientists to experiment before drawing conclusions
  7. Gatherings where thinkers discuss ideas
  8. Made key advancements in astronomy
  9. of Power Ensures branches share power equally
  10. Jefferson Wrote Declaration, Using Ideas of Locke

19 Clues: Grand, ornate design • Planets revolve around the sun • Argues for tolerance and reason • Newton Develops theory of motion • Made key advancements in astronomy • Gatherings where thinkers discuss ideas • A movement stressing reason and thought • Power divided between nation and states • Style of design based on Greek/Roman Themes • Moon, sun, planets revolve around the earth • ...

Enlightenment period 2013-10-30

Enlightenment period crossword puzzle
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  1. author of "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death"
  2. author of "The Crisis"
  3. implied meaning
  4. name of period of American literature from around the 1750s-1830s
  5. preacher
  6. appeal to logic
  7. Date of speech
  8. writer of the Declaration of Independence
  9. appeal to credibility
  10. words literal meaning
  11. what type of text did these people not write
  12. time period
  13. name of large composition composed by Thomas Paine
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  1. three types of rhetorical devices
  2. sub time period
  3. appeal to emotions
  4. Date of "The Crisis"
  5. a person who believes in God, but they believe that God gave humans logic and reasoning
  6. another name for this period

19 Clues: preacher • time period • Date of speech • sub time period • implied meaning • appeal to logic • appeal to emotions • Date of "The Crisis" • appeal to credibility • words literal meaning • author of "The Crisis" • another name for this period • three types of rhetorical devices • writer of the Declaration of Independence • author of "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-12-12

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mary Wollstonecraft
  2. the thinkers of the enlightenment
  3. written by Rousseau about the citizens relationship with government
  4. a methodist preacher
  5. human existence is short, nasty, and brutish
  6. three branches of government and separation of powers
  7. meeting places for enlightenment topics to be discussed
  8. hands off
  9. Locke’s unalienable rights
  10. wrote a collection of human knowledge called Encyclopedia
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  1. the Declaration of Independence
  2. a baroque composer
  3. “I disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it”
  4. god given
  5. Church of the Fourteen Saints
  6. early economists
  7. god as a clockmaker
  8. wrote Tom Jone, A foundling
  9. Adam Smith

19 Clues: god given • hands off • Adam Smith • early economists • a baroque composer • Mary Wollstonecraft • god as a clockmaker • a methodist preacher • Locke’s unalienable rights • wrote Tom Jone, A foundling • Church of the Fourteen Saints • the Declaration of Independence • the thinkers of the enlightenment • human existence is short, nasty, and brutish • ...

The Enlightenment 2024-03-26

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  2. stole Locke's ideas to write the Declaration of Independence
  3. branch of the president
  4. enlightened social gatherings
  5. life, liberty, & property
  6. "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains."
  7. using reason or logic to discover truth
  8. the enlightened despot of Russia
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  1. child prodigy AKA Wolfgang
  2. french for philosopher
  3. a movement from the 1500's to 1700's where scholars started questioning old assumptions made by greek philosophers and the church
  4. Father of modern day democracy
  5. new classic art
  6. capital of the Enlightenment
  7. seperation of powers
  8. all men are wicked & selfish
  9. "One must cultivate one's own garden"
  10. first 10 amendments
  11. AKA the Philsopher King

19 Clues: new classic art • first 10 amendments • seperation of powers • french for philosopher • branch of the president • AKA the Philsopher King • life, liberty, & property • child prodigy AKA Wolfgang • capital of the Enlightenment • all men are wicked & selfish • enlightened social gatherings • Father of modern day democracy • the enlightened despot of Russia • ...

History Enlightenment 2024-10-28

History Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. to get something from a source
  2. the original lawmaking branch of the English government that is made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
  3. of rights a series of laws that protect the liberties and freedoms of citizens
  4. a type of advanced mathematics focused on the study of change
  5. requiring absolute obedience to a ruler or government; not allowing personal freedom
  6. to accept different beliefs or practices
  7. to establish or start something new
  8. disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy
  9. rights rights that all people are born with and that cannot be taken away by the government
  10. a person who specializes in a specific academic subject; an expert
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  1. a representative
  2. the study of ideas about knowledge, life, and truth; literally, love of wisdom
  3. favoring large or widespread changes
  4. a situation in which a disease spreads to many people in an area or region
  5. the attractive force existing between any two objects that have mass
  6. the ability of the mind to think clearly and understand
  7. a fake name, frequently used by authors
  8. a person who represents a government in its relationships with other governments
  9. in the Christian Church, people, such as priests, who carry out religious duties

19 Clues: a representative • to get something from a source • to establish or start something new • favoring large or widespread changes • a fake name, frequently used by authors • to accept different beliefs or practices • disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy • the ability of the mind to think clearly and understand • ...

Causes of the American Revolution 2025-01-09

Causes of the American Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. An act placed on most printed materials
  2. Country that won the French and Indian War
  3. Which act of rebellion had colonist dress up as Native Americans and throw tea overboard
  4. Someone who wants independence from the king
  5. Enlightenment thinker who created the political idea of checks and balances
  6. Valley that both the British and French wanted
  7. Enlightenment thinker who created unalienable rights- Life, Liberty, Property
  8. Snowball fight that led to bloodshed (2 words)
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  1. Someone who did not care if the colonies were independent or not
  2. Colonists prevented from settling west of these mountains
  3. Intellectual movement in the late 1600s-1750
  4. Which act told the colonies that they can only sell their goods to England
  5. Soldiers staying in a persons home without their consent
  6. Which rebellion was caused by Virginian colonists rebelling the governor who signed a treaty with the Native Americans
  7. Someone who wants to remain with the king
  8. The battles that started the Revolutionary War
  9. When people began to question the religious leadership
  10. Enlightenment thinker who created Capitalism
  11. Which rebellion of Native Americans started because they wanted to go back to their native ways to get land back

19 Clues: An act placed on most printed materials • Someone who wants to remain with the king • Country that won the French and Indian War • Intellectual movement in the late 1600s-1750 • Enlightenment thinker who created Capitalism • Someone who wants independence from the king • The battles that started the Revolutionary War • Valley that both the British and French wanted • ...

World History 2021-11-02

World History crossword puzzle
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  1. Ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796
  2. European monarch that was inspired by enlightenment
  3. Systematic observation, measurement, experiment, formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses
  4. Major change in thought starting in the mid-1500's
  5. People gave up power to avoid chaos
  6. Wrote "Spirit of the Laws"
  7. God isnt involved in peoples lives
  8. Movement in the 18th century
  9. Believed society threatened natural rights and freedoms
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  1. Grand ornate style that characterized European painting
  2. Earth is center of universe
  3. Proved sun was center of solar system
  4. Truth could be discovered through logical thinking
  5. Opposed divine right of kings
  6. English writer and early feminist
  7. Idea that earth revolves around the sun
  8. Believed freedom of speech was best weapon against bad government
  9. Discovered gravity
  10. group of social thinkers during enlightenment
  11. Style based on ideas from ancient Greece and Rome
  12. Where writers, artists, and philosophers exchange ideas

21 Clues: Discovered gravity • Wrote "Spirit of the Laws" • Earth is center of universe • Movement in the 18th century • Opposed divine right of kings • Ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 • English writer and early feminist • God isnt involved in peoples lives • People gave up power to avoid chaos • Proved sun was center of solar system • Idea that earth revolves around the sun • ...

Enlightenment 2012-06-18

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. one who has gained enlightenment
  2. everything in the world is 'unsatisfactory'
  3. understanding the way things are
  4. the cycle of birth death and rebecoming
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  1. the Buddha's teachings
  2. an ancient indian language
  3. the end of imperfection
  4. tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment
  5. position for meditation
  6. symbolic thunderbolt representing the way of enlightenment

10 Clues: the Buddha's teachings • the end of imperfection • position for meditation • an ancient indian language • one who has gained enlightenment • understanding the way things are • the cycle of birth death and rebecoming • everything in the world is 'unsatisfactory' • tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment • symbolic thunderbolt representing the way of enlightenment

voltaire crossword puzzle 2023-04-20

voltaire crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. purpose
  2. person who heavily influence the Enlightenment
  3. authority
  4. logical
  5. religion heavily followed in the Enlightenment
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  1. a person who thinks
  2. person
  3. belief system
  4. scribe
  5. time period

10 Clues: person • scribe • purpose • logical • authority • time period • belief system • a person who thinks • person who heavily influence the Enlightenment • religion heavily followed in the Enlightenment

Smoke and Mirrors 2016-10-19

Smoke and Mirrors crossword puzzle
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  1. - Pale/Unhealthy appearance
  2. - Sudden enlightenment
  3. - Being enlightened
  4. - Exclaimation
  5. - Being from the phamarcy
  6. - Feelable
  7. - Halomancy
  8. - Predicting someones future/past through the palm
  9. - Out of body feeling
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  1. Acid - A genetic molecule to help growing
  2. - Instruction; Tuition
  3. - Strength/Nurishment
  4. - Oposite of expected
  5. - Working class people
  6. - ridiculous

15 Clues: - Feelable • - Halomancy • - ridiculous • - Exclaimation • - Being enlightened • - Strength/Nurishment • - Oposite of expected • - Out of body feeling • - Instruction; Tuition • - Sudden enlightenment • - Working class people • - Being from the phamarcy • - Pale/Unhealthy appearance • Acid - A genetic molecule to help growing • - Predicting someones future/past through the palm

Baylee Knapp Enlightenment and Revolution 2022-12-20

Baylee Knapp Enlightenment and Revolution crossword puzzle
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  1. -founding father who was the 3rd president
  2. -document that declared America free from British rule
  3. -sponsored tolerance
  4. -ruler of Russia
  5. -bill stating the basic rights of americans
  6. -studied with a telescope
  7. -agreement between the government and the people
  8. -earth centered
  9. -wanted equal education for women
  10. -believed in separation of the government
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  1. -where people started to think with logic
  2. -thinkers of the Enlightenment
  3. -enlightenment rulers
  4. -belief based on god not fact
  5. -laws of motion
  6. -lavish (palace of versailles)
  7. -way of experimenting using logic
  8. -sun centered
  9. -revolution using reason and logic
  10. -new classical
  11. -people are born with natural rights
  12. and balances -ensuring that political power is shared among many
  13. -theory that truth can be discovered through reason
  14. -3 branches who share power equally
  15. -parties hosted by wealthy women
  16. -believed the government should be for the people

26 Clues: -sun centered • -new classical • -laws of motion • -earth centered • -ruler of Russia • -sponsored tolerance • -enlightenment rulers • -studied with a telescope • -belief based on god not fact • -thinkers of the Enlightenment • -lavish (palace of versailles) • -parties hosted by wealthy women • -way of experimenting using logic • -wanted equal education for women • ...

Unit 8 Review 2017-01-18

Unit 8 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Enlightenment thinker who spoke however he wanted to
  2. Napoleons first forced vacation destination
  3. Palace outside of Paris that was cost Louis a lot of $$$
  4. This revolution relied upon logic, observation & experimentation
  5. Thomas Hobbes thought this was the best style of government
  6. Toussaint Louveture led a slave rebellion here
  7. This time relied on reason & natural law
  8. Gravity
  9. markets were guided by this according to Adam Smith
  10. Led the Latin American Revolutions
Down
  1. The Wealth of Nations
  2. Writer of The Declaration of Independence
  3. Enlightenment thinker who came up with separation of powers
  4. A single word for the idea of "the consent of the governed"
  5. Copernicus had this theory
  6. According to Rousseau people should submit to the will of the community under this contract
  7. Older, single ladies were often accused of being...
  8. The Magna Carta provided people with this legal idea
  9. The largest Estate in France
  10. The Two Treatises of Government

20 Clues: Gravity • The Wealth of Nations • Copernicus had this theory • The largest Estate in France • The Two Treatises of Government • Led the Latin American Revolutions • This time relied on reason & natural law • Writer of The Declaration of Independence • Napoleons first forced vacation destination • Toussaint Louveture led a slave rebellion here • ...

Buddhism 2024-03-25

Buddhism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Between two extremes
  2. the Buddhist community
  3. suffering comes from
  4. How many periods of finding enlightenment did Buddha have
  5. how many events caused Siddhartha to reject his princely life
  6. Siddhartha was believed to be the ruler of the world or the ________ of the world
  7. You can reach _______ through the four Noble Truths/Noble eightfold path
  8. Buddha ate one bean a day when he followed this way of life
  9. the cycle of our existence
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  1. the founder of buddhism
  2. Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____
  3. What was the Buddha's original name
  4. Buddha found enlightenment under the _____ tree
  5. Buddha means _____________
  6. Buddhists believe that you get _____________ after death
  7. Buddha's patients
  8. how many eightfold paths are there
  9. the name for Buddha's teachings
  10. Buddha studied ________ until he knew all he could learn
  11. effects the status of your future life

20 Clues: Buddha's patients • Between two extremes • suffering comes from • the Buddhist community • the founder of buddhism • Buddha means _____________ • the cycle of our existence • the name for Buddha's teachings • how many eightfold paths are there • What was the Buddha's original name • effects the status of your future life • Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____ • ...

Vocabulary 2022-11-07

Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - In the middle ages the earth-centered view of the universe in which scholars believed that the Earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe
  2. - A major change in European thought starting in mid-1500’s studying the natural world began to be characterized by observations and accepted beliefs.
  3. - English scientist who brought copernicus ideas under one theory
  4. - Belief that the sun was in the center of the universe
  5. - Logical procedure for gathering information by making experiments and observations.
  6. - Italian scientist that made an early design of the telescope and supported the Copernicus theory which made Catholics angry
  7. - a special gathering of intellectuals and artists
  8. - a monarch who accepted enlightenment and its ideas
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  1. - Studied and devoted his life to political liberty
  2. - A style that was seen around places like Versailles
  3. - One of a group of social thinkers in France during the enlightenment.
  4. - A belief that was held by many Philosophers and Scientists during the enlightenment that god created the universe and allowed it to run on its own natural laws
  5. - The truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking
  6. - A Philosopher whose real name was Francois Marie Arouet. Published over 70 books of political essays philosophy and drama.
  7. - A third great philosopher who committed to individual freedom
  8. - people give lights to the government for law and order
  9. - 15th Century movement in which thinkers applied principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of life.
  10. - the art style in the late 1700s
  11. - ruled from 1762 to 1792
  12. - A philosopher who believed that people learn from experience and improve themselves

20 Clues: - ruled from 1762 to 1792 • - the art style in the late 1700s • - a special gathering of intellectuals and artists • - Studied and devoted his life to political liberty • - a monarch who accepted enlightenment and its ideas • - A style that was seen around places like Versailles • - Belief that the sun was in the center of the universe • ...

Ch 14 & Ch 17 Vocab Terms 2014-01-22

Ch 14 & Ch 17 Vocab Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first country to grant diplomatic recognition to the new American state
  2. the idea that kings receive their power from God
  3. Earth at the center of a series of concentric spheres
  4. English Calvinist Protestant group
  5. Louis XIII’s chief minister
  6. Thomas Hobbes’s political work
  7. This model of the universe places Earth at the very center.
  8. sun-centered model of the universe
  9. author of Two Treatises of Government
  10. parliamentary forces in the 1642 civil war
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  1. This Prussian ruler was a believer in Enlightenment ideas.
  2. the “Most Catholic King”
  3. philosophers, writers, economists, social reformers, the intellectuals of the Enlightenment
  4. created the scientific method
  5. ten amendments that guaranteed certain freedoms
  6. father of modern rationalism
  7. His execution horrified much of Europe.
  8. members of the Prussian landed aristocracy
  9. Enlightenment ideas were spread in these drawing rooms.
  10. university where human dissection provided accurate anatomical data

20 Clues: the “Most Catholic King” • Louis XIII’s chief minister • father of modern rationalism • created the scientific method • Thomas Hobbes’s political work • English Calvinist Protestant group • sun-centered model of the universe • author of Two Treatises of Government • His execution horrified much of Europe. • members of the Prussian landed aristocracy • ...

Ch 3 Cooper puzzle 2020-09-23

Ch 3 Cooper puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a system to count enslaved people
  2. farmer uprising
  3. opposed federalists
  4. first state added to Union from Northwest territory
  5. developed the bill of rights
  6. land ordinance passed by confederation
  7. judicial, legislative, and executive
  8. enlightenment thinker
  9. economic recession
  10. limit of the government power
  11. branch of law
  12. government by consent of the governed
  13. the freeing of enslaved people
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  1. plan of government favored bigger states
  2. wrote the final draft of the Constitution
  3. compromise between Virginia and new jersey plan
  4. leader of the department of finance
  5. period in time where science and reason were used to improve life
  6. first ten amendments
  7. Americas first government
  8. two house
  9. the belief in a strong central government
  10. Helped start the fight against slavery
  11. north of the ohio river east of the mississippi river
  12. of Rights magma carta
  13. enlightenment thinker who believed in rights

26 Clues: two house • branch of law • farmer uprising • economic recession • opposed federalists • first ten amendments • of Rights magma carta • enlightenment thinker • Americas first government • developed the bill of rights • limit of the government power • the freeing of enslaved people • a system to count enslaved people • leader of the department of finance • ...

1.1 and 1.4 vocab 2024-09-24

1.1 and 1.4 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the focus of the Enlightenment?
  2. Rights that a person is born with
  3. The movement that encouraged people to question beliefs
  4. Government type where all citizens vote on all things
  5. Responsible for the Idea of Separation of Powers
  6. Government type where citizens elect a representative to government
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  1. Participating in the government
  2. The idea that the best government has 3 different branches
  3. This branch Judges the law
  4. document written by Thomas Jefferson using the philosophy of
  5. Everyone is treated fairly under law
  6. Locke in 1776
  7. What continent did the Enlightenment start in?
  8. Freedom
  9. Agreement with the government to follow the laws, in return they protect you
  10. This branch enforces the law
  11. he declared men are born with natural rights of life, liberty, and
  12. Government that is ruled by the people
  13. No one is above the law
  14. This branch write the law

20 Clues: Freedom • Locke in 1776 • No one is above the law • This branch write the law • This branch Judges the law • This branch enforces the law • Participating in the government • Rights that a person is born with • Everyone is treated fairly under law • Government that is ruled by the people • What was the focus of the Enlightenment? • What continent did the Enlightenment start in? • ...

Enlightenment (5.1) 2025-01-15

Enlightenment (5.1) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the other economic system that wanted workers to own the means of production
  2. Intellectual movement that emphasized individualism over tradition
  3. the economic system that wanted private ownership over the means of production
  4. the labor system that had existed in Europe for centuries and was finally ended by the Russian king in the 1860s
  5. the belief that all forms of slavery should end
  6. Russian ruler who corresponded with Voltaire and implemented limited reforms inspired by Enlightenment thought
  7. The belief that God created the universe but does not interfere with its workings
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  1. the ______ hand that guides the market
  2. Author of The Wealth of Nations, known as the father of modern economics
  3. A phrase meaning a ruler’s power comes directly from God, rejected by many Enlightenment thinkers
  4. Document influenced by Enlightenment ideas that declared the American colonies independent from Britain
  5. The belief that women and men should be equal
  6. The idea that government is an agreement between rulers and the people, a core concept of Enlightenment political thought
  7. Italian scientist who improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory
  8. Something that everyone is born with and no one should take away according to many philosophers
  9. what the people need to give to the government in order to be ruled; permission
  10. author who believed a sovereign needed to rule absolutely over his people by strictly enforcing the law
  11. Philosopher who wrote The Spirit of the Laws, advocating the separation of powers in government.

18 Clues: the ______ hand that guides the market • The belief that women and men should be equal • the belief that all forms of slavery should end • Intellectual movement that emphasized individualism over tradition • Author of The Wealth of Nations, known as the father of modern economics • the other economic system that wanted workers to own the means of production • ...

Tarr 2021-03-02

Tarr crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment
  2. She was the first women's rights activist
  3. He said an absolute monarch to control the people
  4. Her salons were a place for exchanging ideas about the enlightenment
  5. The idea that the gorvernment should not be able to regulate the economy
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  1. He believed in free trade for everyone
  2. He said that everybody should have freedom of speech
  3. He took everyone's ideas from the Enlightenment and put them into one book
  4. He believed that governments should be broken up into three branches
  5. These are rights that cannot be taken away
  6. Came up with the Republic government, gave power to the people
  7. He said divine right was wrong
  8. When the government says what you can and can't do
  9. He wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe, which is similar to the movie Castaway
  10. He came up with the term enlightenment

15 Clues: He said divine right was wrong • He believed in free trade for everyone • He came up with the term enlightenment • She was the first women's rights activist • These are rights that cannot be taken away • He said an absolute monarch to control the people • When the government says what you can and can't do • The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment • ...

Buddhism 2024-03-25

Buddhism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Buddha was killed with ______
  2. Siddhartha was believed to be the ruler of the world or the ________ of the world
  3. Buddhists believe that you get _____________ after death
  4. Buddha means _____________
  5. You can reach _______ through the four Noble Truths/Noble eightfold path
  6. the cycle of our existence
  7. effects the status of your future life
  8. Buddha studied ________ until he knew all he could learn
  9. Buddha ate one bean a day when he followed this way of life
Down
  1. how many events caused Siddhartha to reject his princely life
  2. How many periods of finding enlightenment did Buddha have
  3. What was the Buddha's original name
  4. the founder of buddhism
  5. Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____
  6. suffering comes from
  7. Buddha's patients
  8. how many eightfold paths are there
  9. Between two extremes
  10. the Buddhist community
  11. the person who killed the Buddha
  12. the name for Buddha's teachings
  13. Buddha found enlightenment under the _____ tree

22 Clues: Buddha's patients • suffering comes from • Between two extremes • the Buddhist community • the founder of buddhism • Buddha means _____________ • the cycle of our existence • Buddha was killed with ______ • the name for Buddha's teachings • the person who killed the Buddha • how many eightfold paths are there • What was the Buddha's original name • ...

Absolutism, Constitutionalism and Enlightenment Vocabulary 2021-11-30

Absolutism, Constitutionalism and Enlightenment Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An agreement to follow the laws and accept punishment for crimes.
  2. A thinker of the Enlightenment who believed that science and reason could work together to improve the lives of people.
  3. King of France known as the Sun King and model absolute monarch.
  4. Supporters of a Parliamentary Democracy in the English Civil War.
  5. Absolute monarch of Russia who tried to apply Enlightenment ideas to Russian society.
  6. An English king who was beheaded in the English Civil War.
  7. John Locke's theory that man was shaped by their experiences.
  8. Name given to French Protestants.
  9. Belief that the right to rule came from God.
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  1. Leader of the Commonwealth in England.
  2. Purpose of life is to bring the greatest happiness to people.
  3. Argued people were selfish and cruel needing an absolute government.
  4. Supporters of the Monarchy in the English Civil War.
  5. This good encouraged the spread of the Enlightenment.
  6. Palace built by Louis XIV of France.
  7. Intimate palace built by Frederick II of Prussia.
  8. Ruling family that came to power after the death of Elizabeth I of England.
  9. A group of Protestants who wanted to further purify the Catholic Church and remove all traces of Catholicism.
  10. Compilation of articles published in the Enlightenment that helped to spread ideas.
  11. Name given to a Russian noble.

20 Clues: Name given to a Russian noble. • Name given to French Protestants. • Palace built by Louis XIV of France. • Leader of the Commonwealth in England. • Belief that the right to rule came from God. • Intimate palace built by Frederick II of Prussia. • Supporters of the Monarchy in the English Civil War. • This good encouraged the spread of the Enlightenment. • ...

Enlightenment 20 questions 2025-06-09

Enlightenment 20 questions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Believed in freedom of speech and religion.
  2. Enlightenment originated from Britain and ___
  3. Everyone is born with these rights that cannot be taken away
  4. Wollstonecraft believed women need equal access to __
  5. Name of the woman who was an Enlightenment thinker for women's rights.
  6. Believed that the government should protect people's natural rights.
  7. Belief that a king's power comes directly from God.
  8. A group of French thinkers who asked logical questions about the world and society
  9. Believed that people were born naturally evil.
  10. A time of intellectual and political change during the 17th & 18th centuries.
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  1. Hobbes & Rousseau believed people agree to a social ___ with the government
  2. universal principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct.
  3. Locke believed in freedom to choose your own ___
  4. Gives power to the people, allowing citizens to have a voice in government
  5. What form of government is ruled by kings/queens with absolue, lifelong power?
  6. Who wrote ideas about the universe and nature during the scientific revolution?
  7. Believed that the power of the government should be broken into 3 branches.
  8. The Enlightenment was called the "Age of ___"
  9. According to Locke, natural rights are life, ___, & property
  10. Father of capitalism, advocated for freedom in economics

20 Clues: Believed in freedom of speech and religion. • Enlightenment originated from Britain and ___ • The Enlightenment was called the "Age of ___" • Believed that people were born naturally evil. • Locke believed in freedom to choose your own ___ • Belief that a king's power comes directly from God. • Wollstonecraft believed women need equal access to __ • ...

Bauer 2021-03-03

Bauer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. government's job is to protect natural rights
  2. rights of everyone that can't be taken away
  3. everyone should have freedom of speech
  4. people should elect government leaders
  5. government should keep hands off
  6. believed an absolute monarch is needed
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  1. women don't need permission from husband
  2. first person to coin the term enlightenment
  3. someone who questions things
  4. places where people discussed enlightenment ideas
  5. government should have 3 equal branches
  6. government decides what you can and can't do
  7. the harder you work the more you should make
  8. compiled enlightenment ideas into encyclopedias
  9. wrote Robinson Crusoe

15 Clues: wrote Robinson Crusoe • someone who questions things • government should keep hands off • everyone should have freedom of speech • people should elect government leaders • believed an absolute monarch is needed • government should have 3 equal branches • women don't need permission from husband • first person to coin the term enlightenment • ...

Buddhism 2025-05-27

Buddhism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Happiness that comes from the knowledge of deep truth
  2. The Awakened One’s first name
  3. Gifts of food
  4. The Awakened One’s mother
  5. Path the paths the Awakened one said could end suffering and find enlightenment
  6. The Wicked god that tried to frighten the Awakened One
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  1. The Enlightenment tree
  2. The “Awakened One”
  3. The Awakened One’s life before
  4. How Buddhism treated all people
  5. The Awakened One’s father
  6. Hindu priests
  7. True happiness and peace
  8. The Awakened One’s last name
  9. A person who gives up worldly pleasures such as possessions, fine clothes, money, and even shelter.

15 Clues: Hindu priests • Gifts of food • The “Awakened One” • The Enlightenment tree • True happiness and peace • The Awakened One’s father • The Awakened One’s mother • The Awakened One’s last name • The Awakened One’s first name • The Awakened One’s life before • How Buddhism treated all people • Happiness that comes from the knowledge of deep truth • ...

Unit 7 Review Age of Reason and England 2023-03-05

Unit 7 Review Age of Reason and England crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote "2 Treatises on Government" to promote the idea of a social contract between the government and the people?
  2. This man called himself "Lord Protector"
  3. Which scientist came up with a way to plot the spherical earth on a flat map? (the map we use today)
  4. Which Enlightenment Philosopher argues for the separation of powers?
  5. What is Descartes' popular idea that the mind and body are two distinct entities?
  6. How did Parliament limit the king’s power?
  7. This phrase, meaning "show me the body", forbids the arbitrary imprisonment of a king's subjects.
  8. What is a popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives
  9. William and Mary signed this document limiting royal power and ensuring some civil liberties for England.
  10. Which musician composed the Messiah, a three-part piece about the life of Christ?
  11. The ruling dynasty in England at this time
  12. Which Enlightenment philosophy said, "I think before I am" as an expression of deductive reasoning?
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  1. This was a totally peaceful takeover of England led by William and Mary of Orange.
  2. The supporters of Charles I during the English Civil War
  3. a period of the exaltation of reason during the 17th and 18th centuries
  4. the supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War
  5. Common tactic to deal with Parliament's opposition
  6. Which scientist came up with the heliocentric theory?
  7. Which scientist came up with the laws of gravity
  8. The king who sponsored the creation of the KJV Bible translation
  9. Which Enlightenment philosopher was considered to be the "Father of Romanticism"?
  10. Which religious figure preacher the famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", sparking the Great Awakening in America?

22 Clues: This man called himself "Lord Protector" • How did Parliament limit the king’s power? • The ruling dynasty in England at this time • Which scientist came up with the laws of gravity • Common tactic to deal with Parliament's opposition • Which scientist came up with the heliocentric theory? • The supporters of Charles I during the English Civil War • ...

Enlightenment 2023-02-21

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the belief that the government should promote welfare of all citizens
  2. Equality under the...
  3. enlightened thinkers of the 18th century
  4. The French name for the middle class.
  5. the belief that the government should protect the elites; supported by aristocrats
  6. who was considered an enlightened despot?
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  1. What general area were American, Haitian, and Mexican colonies rebelling from?
  2. institution
  3. the belief that the government should protect individual rights
  4. people that hold those positions within the state
  5. to identify with citizens through language and heritage; wanting to promote success of one's nation

11 Clues: institution • Equality under the... • The French name for the middle class. • enlightened thinkers of the 18th century • who was considered an enlightened despot? • people that hold those positions within the state • the belief that the government should protect individual rights • the belief that the government should promote welfare of all citizens • ...

Enlightenment 2024-01-08

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Believed in a checks and balances system
  2. A period of prosperity and philosophical ideas in Europe
  3. When a monarch has complete power over their territory
  4. Where women met to discuss their intellectual ideas
  5. She fought for male-female equality & wrote the Rights of Women
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  1. The belief that a ruler is chosen by God.
  2. Separation of religion from civil + state affairs
  3. Believed people only act selfish if they're raised that way.
  4. Fought for freedom of speech & religion + separation of Church and State
  5. Thought forming a republic requires each citizen to surrender all liberty
  6. Believed people are naturally selfish, but a social contract would fix that

11 Clues: Believed in a checks and balances system • The belief that a ruler is chosen by God. • Separation of religion from civil + state affairs • Where women met to discuss their intellectual ideas • When a monarch has complete power over their territory • A period of prosperity and philosophical ideas in Europe • ...

Enlightenment 2024-12-03

Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rules discovered by use of reason
  2. economic thinker
  3. contact, aggreement where people give up some freedom for organized society
  4. another name for enlightenment
  5. thought people were naturally cruel, greedy and selfish
  6. spoke about natural rights
Down
  1. freedom of speech
  2. supported womens rights
  3. rights people have from birth
  4. separation of powers
  5. place where enlightenment thinkers talked about topics

11 Clues: economic thinker • freedom of speech • separation of powers • supported womens rights • spoke about natural rights • rights people have from birth • another name for enlightenment • rules discovered by use of reason • place where enlightenment thinkers talked about topics • thought people were naturally cruel, greedy and selfish • ...

Buddhism 2025-05-05

Buddhism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The basic ethical guidelines for lay Buddhists
  2. The teachings of the Buddha; the universal law and path to enlightenment.
  3. “The Enlightened One”; refers to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism
  4. Craving or desire; the cause of suffering (dukkha), according to the Four Noble Truths.
  5. The doctrine of "no-self"; the belief that there is no unchanging, permanent self or soul in living beings.
  6. A person who has reached enlightenment and escaped the cycle of rebirth (more common in Theravada Buddhism)
  7. The oldest branch of Buddhism, focused on the original teachings of the Buddha and individual enlightenment (common in Southeast Asia).
  8. The ultimate goal in Buddhism; liberation from the cycle of rebirth (samsara) and the end of suffering.
  9. Geometric spiritual symbols used in meditation, representing the universe or the mind’s journey toward enlightenment.
  10. Sacred sounds, syllables, or phrases chanted during meditation to focus the mind or invoke spiritual energy.
  11. A practical guide to end suffering
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  1. The foundation of Buddhist belief
  2. Also known as Tibetan Buddhism; combines Mahayana teachings with esoteric rituals and practices.
  3. The path of moderation between extremes of indulgence and self-denial; leads to enlightenment.
  4. Suffering, dissatisfaction, or stress; a central concept in Buddhism highlighting the unsatisfactory nature of life when attached to impermanent things.
  5. The community of Buddhists, especially the monastic community of monks and nuns.
  6. Fundamental characteristics of all things: Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (suffering), and Anatta (non-self).
  7. The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and an important figure in Vajrayana
  8. A being who seeks enlightenment not just for themselves but for the benefit of all; central in Mahayana Buddhism.
  9. Symbolic hand gestures used in meditation and rituals to evoke particular states of mind or spiritual powers
  10. The concept of impermanence; all things are in a constant state of change
  11. A major branch that emphasizes compassion and the path of the bodhisattva (common in East Asia).
  12. The ancient language in which many of the earliest Buddhist scriptures (especially in Theravada) were written.

23 Clues: The foundation of Buddhist belief • A practical guide to end suffering • The basic ethical guidelines for lay Buddhists • The teachings of the Buddha; the universal law and path to enlightenment. • The concept of impermanence; all things are in a constant state of change • “The Enlightened One”; refers to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism • ...

Chapter 12 global studies 2024-05-30

Chapter 12 global studies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Set fourth ideas that could lead to enlightenment including a social contract
  2. 16th A weak and indecisive king in France
  3. Louis the 16ths wife
  4. Made three branches of government
  5. A lawyer and politician who rose to leadership in the 18th century
  6. of terror cause of 300,000 arrests
  7. Third estate
  8. A more humane way of execution in the 18th century
  9. A group of different opinions in a larger group
  10. Locke Set forth ideas that could lead to enlightenment including natural rights
  11. act An act that taxed papers and pamphlets
  12. Hero of two worlds
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  1. Hands off business tactic
  2. Leader of French Republic as first consul
  3. A key moment that set off the French Revolution
  4. Social class
  5. Second estate
  6. An intellectual and cultural movement in the 18th century
  7. A grim medieval fortress
  8. smith Scottish economist

20 Clues: Social class • Third estate • Second estate • Hero of two worlds • Louis the 16ths wife • A grim medieval fortress • Hands off business tactic • smith Scottish economist • Made three branches of government • of terror cause of 300,000 arrests • Leader of French Republic as first consul • 16th A weak and indecisive king in France • ...

Buddhism 2024-03-25

Buddhism crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Effects the status of your future life
  2. Buddha means _____________
  3. Buddhists believe that you get _____________ after death
  4. Buddha ate one bean a day when he followed this way of life
  5. Buddha found enlightenment under the _____ tree
  6. The Buddhist community
  7. Buddha's patients
  8. The founder of buddhism
  9. Siddhartha was believed to be the ruler of the world or the ________ of the world
  10. The cycle of our existence
Down
  1. How many periods of finding enlightenment did Buddha have
  2. You can reach _______ through the four Noble Truths/Noble eightfold path
  3. Buddha was killed with ______
  4. Buddha studied ________ until he knew all he could learn
  5. The person who killed the Buddha
  6. Between two extremes
  7. How many eightfold paths are there
  8. Suffering comes from
  9. Buddhists believe that nothing has a ____
  10. How many events caused Siddhartha to reject his princely life
  11. What was the Buddha's original name
  12. The name for Buddha's teachings

22 Clues: Buddha's patients • Between two extremes • Suffering comes from • The Buddhist community • The founder of buddhism • Buddha means _____________ • The cycle of our existence • Buddha was killed with ______ • The name for Buddha's teachings • The person who killed the Buddha • How many eightfold paths are there • What was the Buddha's original name • ...

Study Guide - Hayden Rainey 2025-10-30

Study Guide - Hayden Rainey crossword puzzle
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  1. the last name of Ben Franklin's pen name for his most famous piece
  2. another name for the Enlightenment
  3. the number of rights John Locke believed all humans was born with
  4. the number of sons B.F's parents had
  5. where Ben Franklin was born
  6. age Franklin was when his education ended
  7. famous letter written by Ben Franklin
  8. nationality of Adam Smith
  9. the last right John Locke believed in
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  1. nationality of Immanuel Kent
  2. type of household Ben F. was born into
  3. social group Ben Franklin founded
  4. another right John Locke believed in
  5. where Voltaire was born
  6. the Pen name Ben Franklin used
  7. the revolution that caused the Enlightenment
  8. movement where thinkers attempted to apply reason to society
  9. type of library Franklin invented
  10. one of the rights John Locke believed
  11. what John Jacque Rousseau developed

20 Clues: where Voltaire was born • nationality of Adam Smith • where Ben Franklin was born • nationality of Immanuel Kent • the Pen name Ben Franklin used • social group Ben Franklin founded • type of library Franklin invented • another name for the Enlightenment • what John Jacque Rousseau developed • another right John Locke believed in • the number of sons B.F's parents had • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-11

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century
  2. A philosophical movement of the 18th century in Europe
  3. locke English philosopher who believed that a government's power comes form the people
  4. madison The father of the constitution who designed the 3 branches of government
  5. A large room such as drawing room used for receiving entertaining guest
  6. the great King of Prussia
  7. The practice of officially examining books,movies and etc.
  8. French philosopher who concluded that liberty could be best safeguarded by separation of powers
  9. smith Scottish economist who advocated pirate enterprises and free trade
  10. faire A policy of attitued of lettings things take their own course
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  1. The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment
  2. The great Russian empire who greatly increase
  3. hobbs English philosopher, scientist, and historian, best known for his political philosophy
  4. A prison engaged or learned in philosophy
  5. rousseau His philosophy influenced the french revolution
  6. 2 Emperor of the holy roman empire
  7. law A body of law held to be derived from nature
  8. A style of European architecture
  9. contract Agreement among members of society
  10. French writer who was the embodiment of 8th century enlightenment
  11. despost A form of absolute monarchy or despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment

21 Clues: the great King of Prussia • A style of European architecture • 2 Emperor of the holy roman empire • A prison engaged or learned in philosophy • contract Agreement among members of society • The great Russian empire who greatly increase • law A body of law held to be derived from nature • The intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-11-12

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. contract an agreement made by people to give up their freedom in exchange for an organized society
  2. Rousseau French philosopher who is often referred to as the father of the French revolution and wrote the book: The Social Contract
  3. suppression of the public speech or other public communication, which was done by burning and banning books as well as jailing others in the enlightenment age
  4. a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail
  5. French thinker who developed the ideas of separation of powers, checks and balances and minority rights
  6. the Great Russian monarch that abolished torture
  7. Locke English philosopher that argued that people were good and theorized natural right, he rejected absolute monarchies
  8. Madison 4th president sometimes referred to as the father of the constitution.
  9. the Great Prussian monarch that allowed free press and urged religious tolerance
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  1. informal social gatherings
  2. French enlightenment thinker
  3. law rules that govern natural forces such as gravity
  4. was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
  5. a period of time in which people applied reasons to everyday things and started thinking for themselves
  6. style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
  7. II Austrian monarch that traveled in disguise among his subjects to learn of their problems
  8. despot a form of absolute monarchy that accepted enlightenment ideas
  9. smith Scottish philosopher who focused on using natural law to reform the economy and urged the policy of laissez faire
  10. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
  11. Hobbes English enlightenment thinker who argued that people were cruel and selfish by nature and needed to be controlled by an absolute monarchy
  12. faire a policy that allows businesses to operate with very little interference from the government

21 Clues: informal social gatherings • French enlightenment thinker • the Great Russian monarch that abolished torture • law rules that govern natural forces such as gravity • despot a form of absolute monarchy that accepted enlightenment ideas • Madison 4th president sometimes referred to as the father of the constitution. • ...

The Enlightenment 2013-09-02

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. developed the belief that tradition could and should be used to promote change.
  2. of sedition or blasphemy quickly found themselves imprisoned.
  3. were painfully aware that they were paying taxes.
  4. there were ___________ at work in Europe.
  5. the goal of the ________ humanists was to recapture some of the pride, breadth of spirit, and creativity of the ancient greek and romans.
  6. whether pamphlets or scholary volumes were subject to prior censorship by both church and state, oftern working hand in hand.
  7. ____ and communication improved during the renaissance.
  8. in Italy and France a group of thinkers.
  9. which tried to challenge the twin authorities of church and state banned.
  10. their principal targets were ____
  11. europeans were _______ but europes institutions were not keeping pace with that change.
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  1. it was among those very idle ______ that the french enlightenment philosophers were to find some of their earliest and most enthusiastic follwers.
  2. and catholics denounced each other as followers of satan.
  3. sooner or later many eurppeans would begin to weary of the _______ and warfare carried out in the name of the absolute truth.
  4. the earth rotates on its axis beneath the unmoving sun.
  5. frequently refered to as "doctors'.
  6. begun to move from rural estates to the towns in search of increased freedom and prosperity.
  7. the despotism of ______ exercising far greater powers than any medieval king.
  8. was torn by which-hunts and wars of religion, and imperial conquest.
  9. moved easily in these aristocratic circles.

20 Clues: their principal targets were ____ • frequently refered to as "doctors'. • in Italy and France a group of thinkers. • there were ___________ at work in Europe. • moved easily in these aristocratic circles. • were painfully aware that they were paying taxes. • the earth rotates on its axis beneath the unmoving sun. • ...

Revolution + Enlightenment 2016-02-23

Revolution + Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. french word meaning “philosopher”
  2. argued that people had adopted laws and government to preserve their property and became enslaved by the government
  3. the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of the government limit and and control each other in a system of checks and balances
  4. came up with the universal law of gravitation
  5. A new art style that emphasized grace, charm, and gentle action
  6. came up with separation of powers
  7. ( 1740 to 1748) was fought in three areas of the world
  8. One of the greatest composers of all time, wrote The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and several other operas
  9. argued that punishments should not be exercises in brutality
  10. believed that the state should not interfere with economic matters
  11. says that every object in the universe is attracted to every other object by gravity
  12. a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
  13. showed that the heart, not the liver, was the beginning point for the circulation of blood
  14. one of the best educated and most cultured monarchs of the time
  15. wrote the Encyclopedia, or Classified dictionary of the Sciences,Arts, and Trades.
  16. started Methodism which led him to bring the “glad tidings” of salvation
  17. Ruled russia from 1762 to 1796
  18. argued that the sun not the Earth was the center of the universe
  19. system of thought based off the belief that reason in the chief source of knowledge
  20. argued for equality between men and women
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  1. worked to centralized and strengthen the state
  2. a contract through which the entire society agrees to be governed by its general will
  3. discovered mountains on Earth’s moon, four moons revolving jupiter, and sunspots
  4. doctrine stating that the state should leave the economy alone
  5. rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers
  6. Universe with the Sun at the center
  7. universe with the Earth at the center
  8. said that people should learn about nature by using inductive reasoning
  9. A war that began when Prussia did not recognize Austria's female leader and proceeded to invade Silesia
  10. egg-shaped orbits with the sun at the end of the ellipse not the center
  11. proceeding for the particular to the general
  12. said that mind and matter were completely separate
  13. accurately described the individual organs and general structure of the human body
  14. the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted on it
  15. argued that the planets’ orbits around the sun was elliptical, not circular
  16. argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind
  17. drawing rooms of the wealthy upper class where conversations about new ideas by philosophes took place

37 Clues: Ruled russia from 1762 to 1796 • french word meaning “philosopher” • came up with separation of powers • Universe with the Sun at the center • universe with the Earth at the center • argued for equality between men and women • proceeding for the particular to the general • came up with the universal law of gravitation • worked to centralized and strengthen the state • ...

The Enlightenment 2018-04-19

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. non-religious.
  2. The English king that was beheaded by his people because they were so angry with his policies.
  3. So >?:?> vereignty The idea that governments should express the will of the people.
  4. The prison the French peasants breached and overran on July 14, 1789
  5. The time period defined by the use of reason in guiding people's thoughts about philosophy, society, and politics.
  6. Jacques Rousseau The French Philosopher that believed in popular sovereignty.
  7. A social gathering to discuss ideas.
  8. Revolution The war that the American colonists fought to achieve independence from England.
  9. Wollstonecraft The British writer that was the first to argue that women should have the same rights as men.
  10. Locke The English philosopher that wrote that government should exist for the good of the people.
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  1. Revolution The massive uprising of French commoners against the French monarchy and elites to achieve lasting change in French politics.
  2. The machine used to behead people publicly during the French Revolution.
  3. rights The Rights argued by John Locke to be possessed by all people.
  4. Louis Montesquieu The French political thinker that claimed that government should be divided into separate branches to protect people's freedoms.
  5. of the Rights of man and of the Citizen The French document that guaranteed some freedoms for citizens and distributed the payment of taxes more fairly.
  6. Xvi The French king that was beheaded by his people because they were so angry with his policies.
  7. Bill of Rights The document that listed rights for Parliament and the English people.
  8. Jefferson The American colonist and future American president that believed in the ideals of the Enlightenment.
  9. The French philosopher that mocked government and religion and believed that humans could improve their own existence.
  10. Franklin The American colonist that argued that the British government had no right to tax the colonies.

20 Clues: non-religious. • A social gathering to discuss ideas. • The prison the French peasants breached and overran on July 14, 1789 • The machine used to behead people publicly during the French Revolution. • The English king that was beheaded by his people because they were so angry with his policies. • ...

Enlightenment Vocabulary 2020-12-09

Enlightenment Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability of the mind to think clearly and understand; logic
  2. the gravitational force that occurs between the Earth and other bodies; the force acting to pull objects toward Earth
  3. a fake name, frequently used by authors
  4. a person who tends to see the worst in a situation or who believes the worst will happen
  5. the division of responsibilities among multiple branches of government
  6. a person who specializes in a specific academic subject; an expert
  7. an agreement among individuals in a society and a ruler or government; individuals give up some of their freedoms in exchange for protection by the rule or government
  8. requiring absolute obedience to a rule or government; not allowing personal freedom
  9. Disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy
  10. rights that all people are born with and that cannot be taken away by the government
  11. A government in which the power of the king or queen is restricted by a governing body such as Parliament
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  1. the belief that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule, and that rebellion against them is a sin
  2. a series of laws that protect the liberties and freedoms of citizens
  3. A situation in which a disease spreads to many people in an area or region
  4. To establish or start something
  5. A government in which the king or queen the unchecked authority to do whatever they want without any restrictions
  6. believed that people were selfish and cruel and required an all-powerful rule to control them
  7. the practice of removing or prohibiting books, art, films, or other media that the government finds offensive, immoral, or harmful
  8. favoring large or widespread changes
  9. a system - formed by institutions, organizations, customs, and beliefs - that helps maintain accepted ways of behaving
  10. Belived in the freedom to express one's opinion without fear of punishment by the government
  11. Believed that the separations of powers was necessary to prevent leaders or governments from becoming tyrants
  12. The original lawmaking branch of the English government that is made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
  13. Believed all people are born with natural rights and if the Government does not protect these rights, the people should overthrow it
  14. to accept different beliefs or practices
  15. Considered the father of modern philosophy

26 Clues: To establish or start something • favoring large or widespread changes • a fake name, frequently used by authors • to accept different beliefs or practices • Considered the father of modern philosophy • Disloyalty to a country by helping an enemy • the ability of the mind to think clearly and understand; logic • ...

The Enlightenment 2020-10-30

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. believed in life liberty and property
  2. social gatherings where attendees gathered to discuss enlightenment ideas
  3. intellectuals from the 18th century
  4. invented the laws of motion
  5. wrote the social contract
  6. wrote Leviathan
  7. the resurrection of scientific thinking
  8. discovered Boyle's law
  9. theory that planets revolve around the earth
  10. emphasized individual dignity in the justice system
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  1. first to invent the telescope
  2. worked with Descartes in popularizing the scientific method
  3. an instrument used to see distant objects, mostly in space
  4. theory that planets revolve around the sun
  5. advocated for the separation of church and state
  6. believed strongly in checks and balances
  7. made the first vaccine
  8. first discoverer of the heliocentric theory
  9. wanted to better women's status
  10. a theory that concerns the legitimacy of states authority over the people
  11. an instrument used to see objects you cannot see with the naked eye
  12. proved Copernicus' theory with math
  13. made the Cartesian coordinate system

23 Clues: wrote Leviathan • made the first vaccine • discovered Boyle's law • wrote the social contract • invented the laws of motion • first to invent the telescope • wanted to better women's status • intellectuals from the 18th century • proved Copernicus' theory with math • made the Cartesian coordinate system • believed in life liberty and property • ...

The Enlightenment 2024-05-03

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. A government in which the king or queen has the unchecked authority to do anything without restrictions
  2. Favoring large or widespread changes
  3. People in the Christian Church, such as priests, who carry out religious duties
  4. The original lawmaking branch of the English government
  5. Rights that all people are born with
  6. Disloyalty to a country by helping its enemy
  7. A person who tends to always look at things negatively
  8. The attractive force existing between two objects that have mass
  9. The practice of removing or prohibiting certain items that the government finds offensive, immoral, or harmful.
  10. A fake name
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  1. The division of responsibilities among multiple branches of government
  2. Requiring absolute obedience to a ruler or government
  3. A person who specializes in a specific academic subject
  4. An agreement among individuals in a society and a ruler or government
  5. A series of laws that protect the liberties and freedoms of citizens
  6. The belief that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule
  7. A type of mathematics focused on the study of change
  8. A government in which the king or queen has restrictions on what they can do
  9. A representative
  10. A system—formed by institutions, organizations, customs, and beliefs—that helps to maintain accepted ways of behaving

20 Clues: A fake name • A representative • Favoring large or widespread changes • Rights that all people are born with • Disloyalty to a country by helping its enemy • A type of mathematics focused on the study of change • Requiring absolute obedience to a ruler or government • A person who tends to always look at things negatively • ...

The Enlightenment 2023-12-01

The Enlightenment crossword puzzle
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  1. The political belief that one ruler should hold all power in a state.
  2. The freedom that Joseph II institutes that isn't religion
  3. Louis XIV's palace; where nobles lived
  4. Supporter of freedoms, especially Religion and Speech
  5. Where Catherine the Great was born
  6. Lord Protector (military dictator) of England
  7. Locke believes that these types of rights are inherent to all people.
  8. Prover of his own existence
  9. Russian Tsar who united Russia after the Mongol Yoke
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  1. Believer in separation of powers into three branches
  2. Extremely successful (and inbred) Austrian royal family
  3. Believer that humans are basically evil and need strong government
  4. Proponent of education, specifically for women
  5. Louis XIV's most famous statement that explains his political theory
  6. Creator of the Encyclopedia and hater of absolutism
  7. Prussian leader who calls himself "first servant of the state"
  8. Believer that humans are basically good, but corrupted by society
  9. The type of "Liberty" had by all people in
  10. A territory from which resources are extracted to benefit an imperial power
  11. Peter the Great's favorite branch of the military

20 Clues: Prover of his own existence • Where Catherine the Great was born • Louis XIV's palace; where nobles lived • The type of "Liberty" had by all people in • Lord Protector (military dictator) of England • Proponent of education, specifically for women • Peter the Great's favorite branch of the military • Creator of the Encyclopedia and hater of absolutism • ...