Across
- 3. Banning of books or writings
- 4. Built city of St. Petersburg. Wanted to modernize Russia by making it more European
- 5. Optimistic view on life who believed people all had the rights of life, liberty, property
- 6. Informal social gatherings to exchange ideas
- 9. Absolute Monarch who traveled in disguise among people & ended censorship by allowing a free press
- 11. Believed people should be able to criticize church & government without penalty of Jail
- 12. French Enlightenment thinkers who examined government, law, and society. These thinkers called for reforms to protect people’s rights
- 14. Philosophical movement in which thinkers developed new ideas about government and basic human rights
- 17. "Sun King". Built the Palace of Versailles and made all the nobles live there to keep an eye on them.
- 18. A ruler (King or Queen) with complete authority over the government and lives of its people with unlimited power
- 19. King of Spain & Hapsburg empire. Later became a catholic monk in a monastery
- 20. King of Spain who created a large naval armada & and used silver from the Americas to make Spain powerful
Down
- 1. Absolute Rulers who learned about ideas of the enlightenment & used their power to bring some political and social change
- 2. Built over 200 new towns & added territory to Russia. Later abolished torture and granted religious freedoms
- 7. Wanted women to be included in the Enlightenment & wanted to expand education for boys & girls
- 8. belief that the authority to rule came from God
- 10. Believed governments power should be divided in order to "check & balance" different branches
- 13. Negative on life who came up with the idea of the social contract
- 15. Unchanging principles discovered through reason that govern all human conduct
- 16. Believed in "Lassize Faire" and a new economic system called Capitalism