Across
- 5. Important leader of Russia who started westernization.
- 7. one of the 18th-century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule fairly and respect the rights of subjects
- 8. leader of the Puritans
- 11. Idea that a ruler receives the right to rule from God.
- 12. French King who was an absolute ruler.
- 13. American statesman; third president of the United States; author of the Declaration of Independence and one of its signers.
- 14. 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
Down
- 1. government in which laws limit the monarch's power
- 2. King or Queen with complete control.
- 3. New way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
- 4. simple, elegant style in 1700s, inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
- 6. bloodless overthrow of King James II
- 9. belief that truth could be found through reason or logical thinking
- 10. king of England who was executed