Enlightenment and Revolution

7. Agreement by which people created a government.
8. Social gatherings where philosophers, writers, scientists, artists, and other intellects met to discuss ideas.
11. Intellectual movement that reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.
12. Philosopher who believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
14. Ten amendments that protected the basic rights.
16. A way of thinking upon careful observation and willingness to question accepted beliefs.
18. System in which power was divided between national and state governments.
19. Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
20. Artistic style of the late 1700s.

1. Sun-centered view of the universe.
2. Ruler most admired by philosophes.
3. Philosophe who published more than 70 books about politics.
4. English scientist who helped to bring together breakthroughs under a single theory of motion.
5. Earth-centered view of the universe.
6. French writer who believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country.
9. Social critics from the mid-1700s.
10. Philosophe who was committed to individual freedom.
13. Style characterized by a grand, ornate design and could be seen in elaborate places.
15. Italian scientist who built on the new theories about astronomy.
17. Political leader who wrote the Declaration of Independence.