The Enlightenment

1. Limited trade with other countries in order to keep gold and silver within a nation
4. Criticized mercantilism
7. Anyone can trade
8. He wrote about religion and the need for tolerance
9. The legislative branch in the British government
10. Had the idea that nature was predictable and could be explained
12. It's function is to create the laws johnlocke Believed that people are basically rational, or reasonable, and have the ability to control their own lives
14. Allowing others to hold beliefs that are different from ones own
17. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
19. Period of time where scholars used reason and natural laws to study culture and society

2. Defined the three main principles behind the social contract
3. Challenged the belief that men were naturally superior to women
5. The power divided among three branches of government
6. A framework for the new government
11. Unwritten agreement between people and their government
13. Strongly criticized absolute monarchs and believed that a balanced government could prevent rulers from having too much power
15. It's function is to create the laws
16. Rights that belong to all people from birth
18. It's function is to apply the laws