Enlightenment Vocab

6. Believed in equal education and more rights for women.
9. Wrote “The Social Contract”, in favor of Direct Democracy.
13. A form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment.
15. An agreement among people to give up their natural rights to a ruler, which will result in the organization of society

1. People who apply the methods of science and reason to understand society.
2. Safe places for Enlightenment thinkers to meet and discuss their new ideas with others.
3. Governmental system where one king has absolute power.
4. To have a modern, and well-informed outlook.
5. Rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away.
7. Thought people were cruel, greedy, and selfish. Thought people should give up their natural rights to an absolute monarchy in exchange for order in society.
8. Was an advocate to get rid of the death penalty and torture.
10. In favor of freedom of speech, press, and religion.
11. Believed people are born with natural rights of life, liberty, and property. It is the Government's responsibility to protect natural rights and be limited.
12. The government restricts access to information.
14. Believed in separation of powers/branches of government.