Enlightenment Vocabulary

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  1. 8. the changing or suppression or prohibition of speech or writing that is deemed subversive of the common good
  2. 10. a government that is guided by a constitution, which is a set of rules or principles that define the government's legal limits
  3. 14. in French social structure, represented the middle class, peasants, and wage workers, and made up the majority of the population
  4. 15. the idea that the Sun is at the center of the solar system and that the Earth and other planets revolve around it
  5. 18. the government's authority comes from the people
  6. 19. a system of government where a single ruler (usually a king or queen) rules alone with complete authority over the state and government
  7. 20. a form of government in which a small group of people hold most or all political power
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  1. 1. a judicial procedure and institution that was established by the papacy and some secular governments to combat heresy, blasphemy, and witchcraft
  2. 2. the theory that humans formed societies by agreeing to give up some freedoms and accept authority in exchange for protection of their remaining rights and the social order
  3. 3. a systematic process for acquiring knowledge through observation, experimentation, and analysis
  4. 4. the power of the monarch (king or queen) is limited in some way, usually by a constitution or similar document
  5. 5. a model that divides the government into separate branches, each of which has separate and independent powers
  6. 6. in French social structure, the clergy, who were people, including priests, who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country
  7. 7. individual rights that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable
  8. 9. a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society
  9. 11. a monarch’s claim that the right to rule comes directly from God and not from the people
  10. 12. a French word that means "philosopher" and was used by 18th century French Enlightenment thinkers to describe themselves
  11. 13. a cultural and art movement that characterized Europe from the early seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century
  12. 16. also spelled tsar; the title of the supreme monarch of Russia from 1547 until 1917
  13. 17. a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country