Enlightenment Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Believed that Absolute Monarchy was the best form of government
  2. 4. French for philosophers
  3. 6. Believed that people were naturally good but corrupted by society
  4. 10. A period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799.
  5. 12. The use of reason to solve social, political, and economic problems
Down
  1. 1. Believed in natural rights of life, liberty, and property
  2. 3. Believed the best of government included separation of powers in the branches
  3. 5. political and military struggle waged between 1765 and 1783 when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule.
  4. 7. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  5. 8. People give up their rights to a ruler so they have law and order
  6. 9. Believed in freedom of speech
  7. 11. Informal social gatherings where writers, artists, Philosophes and others share ideas