Enlightenment crossword puzzle
Across
- 2. He was the king of France at the start of the revolution; he was weak and indecisive
- 3. had to pay high taxes taxes
- 5. This is the date that the Third Estate voted to leave the Estates-General and form a new body of government for the people of France
- 7. A major change in government that began in 1789, it brought an end to the absolute monarchy and a start to a representative government
- 9. When each estate received one vote; this was favored by the First and Second Estates
- 10. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution that detail the protections of our personal liberties
- 12. Where did Locke believe a good government got its power from?
- 15. author of the Declaration of Independence. He borrowed ideas on natural rights from John Locke
- 16. The war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence.
Down
- 1. Which groups of people played the greatest role in the Enlightenment?
- 4. the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain authored by Thomas Jefferson
- 6. They consisted of the bourgeoisie, the san-culottes and the peasants
- 8. What part of the world did the Enlightenment begin?
- 11. Who was an American philosophe?
- 13. Wrote the "Spirit of Laws"
- 14. led, paper, paint, glass, and tea