ENLIGHTENMENT X-WORD PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 1. king of Prussia who was religiously tolerant of all, and who modernized the law codes of Prussia and accepted Voltaire's work
  2. 5. thought the Social Contract should give more free will to individuals, society must put the general will of the community above selfish interests
  3. 9. advocate for separation of powers to prevent one branch of gov't from gaining too much power
  4. 10. said all humans have natural rights from birth such as life, liberty, and property
  5. 11. began when the radical ideas about equality & social justice caused French peasants to overthrow the old order (in 1789)
  6. 12. famous for Messiah choir & orchestra performance at Easter and Christmas
  7. 13. Author of the 28 volume "Encyclopedia" that changed the general way of thinking about government, philosophy, etc.
  8. 17. believed people are cruel, evil and selfish, an absolute monarchy is necessary to control society
  9. 19. Austrian composer and performer who was a prodigy at the age of six and for 30 years helped define the new composition style
  10. 20. Argued with Rousseau that women, too, should receive natural rights of the social contract like education
  11. 22. German Lutheran who wrote complex and beautiful religious works for organ choirs (baroque music)
  12. 23. people give up certain freedoms of nature, in return for law and order
Down
  1. 2. movement that stressed reason/thought and the power of individuals to solve problems in society
  2. 3. gov't restricts access to ideas in order to defend the old order and bans/burns books
  3. 4. the Enlightenment largely did not change the lives of these 2 groups; in Western Europe they still had to provide free labor & allow nobles to use their land
  4. 6. the most famous host of the Salons from 1750-1775; influential in the movement that brought the top thinkers and artists together
  5. 7. Austrian emperor who was tolerant of free speech and religion; listened to the people and used his power to provide hospitals and end serfdom
  6. 8. absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change (ex. Fredrick, Catherine, and Joseph II)
  7. 14. policy that government should interfere as little as possible in a nation's economy
  8. 15. laws that govern human behavior, applying the Scientific Revolution to the problems in society
  9. 16. fought for freedom of speech, religion, and tolerance; his books censored by the gov't so he disguised his ideas in "fiction"
  10. 18. artistic style started in the 1600s with huge, colorful, and complex style
  11. 21. artistic style starting in the mid 1700s with more delicate and nature features