Across
- 1. Rights people are born with that cannot be taken away
- 3. Philosopher who believed a strong government was needed to maintain order
- 5. Prison in Paris stormed in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- 6. Government ruled by a king or queen
- 7. Meeting called by King Louis XVI that helped start the French Revolution
- 9. Enlightenment thinker who supported freedom of speech and religion
- 10. Period of extreme violence during the French Revolution
- 13. Idea that government power should be divided into branches
- 14. Scientist who discovered the laws of motion and gravity
- 15. Process of learning through observation and experimentation
Down
- 2. War where the American colonies gained independence from Britain
- 3. Successful slave revolt that led to independence in Haiti
- 4. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- 8. Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor
- 11. Movement that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights
- 12. Enlightenment philosopher who believed people have natural rights like life and liberty