Across
- 3. unwillingness to respect differences in opinions or beliefs
- 9. a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.
- 10. During the Scientific Revolution, Europeans discarded traditional beliefs and began using reason to explain the world around them.
- 12. immoderately desirous of acquiring something
- 14. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
- 15. the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
- 16. absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government.
- 18. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some
- 19. part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws
- 21. make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
- 22. a cruel and oppressive dictator
- 23. conforming with the principles or methods used in science
Down
- 1. express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- 2. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
- 4. a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
- 5. a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
- 6. the act of judging a person or situation or event
- 7. a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
- 8. someone who exercises the mind
- 11. a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and his attacks on the established Catholic Church.
- 13. right guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution
- 14. the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
- 17. the system or form by which a community is ruled
- 20. poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure