Across
- 1. A big and fast change in government or society, often caused when people fight to replace the old system
- 5. A belief in protecting individual freedoms, equal rights, and limiting government power.
- 6. The belief that the people are the main source of government power.
- 9. A system where people vote for leaders to make laws and decisions for them.
- 10. A push in the 1800s to keep traditional kings, queens, and old systems of power, and stop new revolutionary ideas.
- 11. Basic rights everyone is born with, like life, freedom, and owning property, that governments should protect.
- 12. A thinker or writer during the Enlightenment who wanted to improve society using reason and knowledge.
Down
- 1. A movement that valued emotions, imagination, and nature, and disliked only focusing on logic and reason
- 2. Trading goods between countries without extra taxes or restrictions.
- 3. The idea that people agree to follow laws in exchange for protection from the government, but the government must also respect people’s rights.
- 4. The idea that the government should not interfere with businesses and should let the economy run on its own.
- 7. A time in the 1600s–1700s when people started using reason, science, and new ideas to question old traditions and improve society.
- 8. Pride and loyalty to your nation, often wanting it to be independent or united.
- 10. The idea that a government must follow a set of laws (a constitution) and can’t do whatever it wants.