Absolute Monarchy/Enlightenment

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Across
  1. 2. Believed people are born with natural rights like life, liberty, and property
  2. 5. King of France who said “I am the state” and built Versailles to show the power of absolute monarchy
  3. 6. A collection of knowledge meant to educate people
  4. 10. The idea that government should reflect what is best for everyone
  5. 15. Believed people need a strong government to prevent chaos and violence
  6. 16. Basic rights all humans are born with
  7. 19. The idea that people should be allowed to practice different religions
  8. 20. Hobbes’s book arguing for strong centralized power
  9. 21. The idea that power should be split between branches of government
  10. 22. A French assembly that represented the three social classes
Down
  1. 1. Believed the general will of the people should guide government
  2. 3. The class of wealthy land-owning people who often advised or challenged monarchs
  3. 4. Believed government should be divided into branches to prevent abuse of power
  4. 7. A time period when people used reason and science to understand society and improve government
  5. 8. An economic system where a nation builds wealth by exporting more than it imports
  6. 9. An agreement between people and their government to protect rights
  7. 11. A system of government where one ruler has complete and total power
  8. 12. Louis XIV’s minister who increased France’s wealth through trade and government control
  9. 13. The massive palace built by Louis XIV to display wealth and control over the nobility
  10. 14. The belief that a king’s power comes directly from God
  11. 17. Created the Encyclopedia to spread new ideas
  12. 18. Believed in freedom of speech, religion, and tolerance