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5. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government
7. 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
11. helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
14. the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
16. a statement if the reasons for the American colonies break with Britain approved by the second continental congress in 1776
17. an 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific methods all aspects of society
19. published an essay called a vindication of the rights of women in 1792
20. a French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty

1. relating to a grand ornate style that characterized European paintings, music, and architecture in the 1600s and earl 1700s
2. a major change in European thought starting in the mid 1500s in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs
3. she ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796
4. built on the new theories about astronomy
6. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the enlightenment
8. one of the 18th-century European monarchs who was inspired by enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
9. a social gathering of intellectuals and artist
10. he published more then 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama
12. relating to a simple elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s
13. was passionately committed to individual freedom
15. a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses
18. held a different, more positive, view of human nature.