Enlightenment

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  1. 1. one who thinks about, questions, and studies the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters
  2. 3. rights rights that all people are born with and that John Locke believed the government should protect including the rights to life, liberty, and property; sometimes called “natural laws”
  3. 6. of the governed permission given by the people in a country to the government allowing them to rule, usually through voting.
  4. 9. the part of a government that makes laws- parliament or congress
  5. 11. Locke an English Enlightenment Thinker who wrote Two Treatises of Government and believed that the role of government is to protect people’s natural rights (life, liberty, and property), and that government can only get its right to rule from the consent of the governed.
  6. 12. Treatises of Government book written by John Locke
  7. 13. a written work dealing with a specific subject
  8. 14. the group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation
  9. 15. fairness
  10. 16. the part of a government that enforces laws- the president, governor, or mayor
  11. 17. permission for something to happen or an agreement to do something
  12. 21. having to do with government
  13. 22. the freedom to do what you’d like to do
  14. 24. fairness or justice
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  1. 2. the power of the mind to think, understand, and make sense of the world
  2. 4. the part of a government that interprets laws- courts, judges
  3. 5. those who are ruled; citizens
  4. 7. the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed
  5. 8. the division of something into different parts
  6. 10. an agreement between two or more people
  7. 12. Spirit of Laws book written by Baron de Montesquieu
  8. 18. contract a legal agreement amingst people living within a group regarding laws that apply to all
  9. 19. Jacques Rousseau French Enlightenment Thinker who wrote about the social contract
  10. 20. something you are allowed to do because you are a person
  11. 23. an organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose like a government