Absolutism & Enlightenment

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  1. 1. was an eighteenth-century English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights and education.
  2. 3. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
  3. 5. a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
  4. 6. the idea that a monarch's right to rule came from God, which meant that no one was allowed to question them
  5. 8. 1650-1800, time when European philosophers rethink government, religion, and the economy
  6. 11. government where a monarch has absolute, unlimited power
  7. 13. the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July [O.S. 28 June] 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67.
  8. 18. Parliamentary act which separated powers, limited the monarch's powers, created democratic elections and free speech
  9. 19. A Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.
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  1. 2. the rights that all people are born with - according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty, and property.
  2. 4. Russian czar who westernized and modernized Russia
  3. 7. was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism".
  4. 9. The unique cultural identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols (could also be pride in your country)
  5. 10. an intellectual of the Enlightenment
  6. 12. having legislative, executive, and judicial powers separate
  7. 13. measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others.
  8. 14. English queen who ruled for 45 years, improved England by promoting capitalism and mercantilism, created a Golden Age, however she died without an heir
  9. 15. one of the 18th-century European monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects.
  10. 16. known by his nom de plume, a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
  11. 17. french monarch for 72 years, called himself the Sun King, created the palace of Versailles