Across
- 2. philosopher who wrote about government
- 4. social gathering for discussing ideas or enjoying art
- 5. author of the Declaration of Independence
- 7. social critics in France
- 8. system of government in which power is divided between the national and state government
- 11. document declaring American independence from Britain
- 12. first ten amendments to the US Constitution
- 14. theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
- 15. new way of thinking about world based on observation
- 16. age of reason
- 17. ruler who supported Enlightenment ideas but did not give up power
Down
- 1. system in which each branch of government checks, or limits, the power of the other two branches
- 3. grand, ornate style
- 6. theory that the earth is the center of the universe
- 9. an agreement people make with government
- 10. logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
- 13. discovered laws of motion and gravity