Enlightenment Extra Credit

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Across
  1. 4. — Name for the 18th-century movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights that influenced colonists.
  2. 8. — A word meaning freedom; a value many colonists wanted.
  3. 10. — Information spread to influence opinions, often used before the Revolution to persuade colonists.
  4. 11. — French philosopher whose ideas about the "general will" and social contract influenced revolutionary thinking.
  5. 12. — A system where governmental power is not absolute and is restrained by laws or checks.
  6. 13. — A colonist who supported independence from Britain.
Down
  1. 1. — A short printed booklet used to spread ideas and persuade readers (think Thomas Paine).
  2. 2. — The 1787 meeting where delegates met to discuss and create a nation's founding rules.
  3. 3. — Rights people are born with, like life and liberty, that thinkers like Locke described.
  4. 5. — To forbid or make illegal — what some British laws did to colonial actions.
  5. 6. — English philosopher who argued people have rights to life, liberty, and property.
  6. 7. — Author who wrote a persuasive pamphlet urging independence in 1776.
  7. 9. — A pamphlet title meaning basic practical judgment; used to argue for independence.
  8. 12. — A colonist who remained loyal to the British crown during tensions before the Revolution.