Across
- 2. Believed people are born with natural rights like life, liberty, and property
- 5. King of France who said “I am the state” and built Versailles to show the power of absolute monarchy
- 6. A collection of knowledge meant to educate people
- 10. The idea that government should reflect what is best for everyone
- 15. Believed people need a strong government to prevent chaos and violence
- 16. Basic rights all humans are born with
- 19. The idea that people should be allowed to practice different religions
- 20. Hobbes’s book arguing for strong centralized power
- 21. The idea that power should be split between branches of government
- 22. A French assembly that represented the three social classes
Down
- 1. Believed the general will of the people should guide government
- 3. The class of wealthy land-owning people who often advised or challenged monarchs
- 4. Believed government should be divided into branches to prevent abuse of power
- 7. A time period when people used reason and science to understand society and improve government
- 8. An economic system where a nation builds wealth by exporting more than it imports
- 9. An agreement between people and their government to protect rights
- 11. A system of government where one ruler has complete and total power
- 12. Louis XIV’s minister who increased France’s wealth through trade and government control
- 13. The massive palace built by Louis XIV to display wealth and control over the nobility
- 14. The belief that a king’s power comes directly from God
- 17. Created the Encyclopedia to spread new ideas
- 18. Believed in freedom of speech, religion, and tolerance