Across
- 2. Believed that Absolute Monarchy was the best form of government
- 4. French for philosophers
- 6. Believed that people were naturally good but corrupted by society
- 10. A period of major social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799.
- 12. The use of reason to solve social, political, and economic problems
Down
- 1. Believed in natural rights of life, liberty, and property
- 3. Believed the best of government included separation of powers in the branches
- 5. political and military struggle waged between 1765 and 1783 when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule.
- 7. Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- 8. People give up their rights to a ruler so they have law and order
- 9. Believed in freedom of speech
- 11. Informal social gatherings where writers, artists, Philosophes and others share ideas