Enlightenment

2. thinker who created the social contract
3. style of government where a ruler that had complete control of the population
6. humans use this to make sense of the world
8. believed that people needed a harsh government to control them
10. life, liberty, and property
11. Era when philosophers questioned the authority of kings and religion
12. branch that studies the law
13. last name of the inventor of natural rights
14. ideas from the enlightenment often led to these conflicts

1. came up with the separation of powers in government
4. branch that carries out the law
5. branch that makes the laws
7. according to some Enlightenment thinkers, people must give their _____ to be governed
9. agreement between people to create a government