Enlightenment and Renessaince

2. intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries
6. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
7. Enlightenment philosopher that believed the government works best when there is separation of powers.
8. a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
9. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate.
11. a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
15. a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789.
16. "It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."
18. a period in history and a cultural movement in Europe marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity

1. a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return.
3. belief in the existence of a supreme being.
4. a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region.
5. This person argued that all men and women had natural rights.
10. extreme scarcity of food.
12. enlightenment thinker that started the theory that the public gave up their freedom in exchange for government protection, also known as the social contract.
13. "I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery."
14. Enlightenment thinker that believed in protecting people's natural rights (life, liberty, property).
17. a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites.