Across
- 3. drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
- 6. English philosopher and founder of British empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the Enlightenment. He declared that people have a right to rebel against governments that do not protect their rights.
- 8. someone who has total/unchecked power
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- 1. another term for the enlightenment
- 2. agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government
- 4. belief that truth could be found through reason or logical thinking
- 5. the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people
- 7. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment
- 9. 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
