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- 2. intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries
- 6. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 7. Enlightenment philosopher that believed the government works best when there is separation of powers.
- 8. a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
- 9. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on their lord's estate.
- 11. a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
- 15. a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789.
- 16. "It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."
- 18. a period in history and a cultural movement in Europe marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity
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- 1. a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return.
- 3. belief in the existence of a supreme being.
- 4. a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region.
- 5. This person argued that all men and women had natural rights.
- 10. extreme scarcity of food.
- 12. enlightenment thinker that started the theory that the public gave up their freedom in exchange for government protection, also known as the social contract.
- 13. "I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery."
- 14. Enlightenment thinker that believed in protecting people's natural rights (life, liberty, property).
- 17. a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites.