Ch. 2 Enlightenment and Revolutions Part 1

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Across
  1. 5. was a period of time (from 1685-1815) that was dominated by ideas that challenged authority.
  2. 6. people who lived in a country were citizens, and citizens are granted special rights and responsibilities
  3. 8. Thought the governments job was to work for the common good for all people not just the wealthy few
  4. 9. people can vote for their leaders in a representative democracy
  5. 10. governments are organized around countries or nations, and people should identify strongly with their country
  6. 11. clear and ordered thinking
Down
  1. 1. Thought the government was only to protect those natural rigts
  2. 2. Only the most well-read and intelligent people were involved
  3. 3. every individual has rights that should not be taken away from them (like life, liberty, property)
  4. 4. Because of this division, each branch worked as a check on the other branches
  5. 6. Influenced the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights and constitution and French constitution
  6. 7. people were evil and selfish needed a strong government to control them