Enlightenment Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation
  2. 7. the quality or state of being independent; freedom from outside control
  3. 8. a sum of money levied by government on income, property, or sales and used for its services and administration
  4. 9. freedom and independence; self-governance
  5. 10. favors government promotion of social change and the importance of individual liberty
  6. 11. the middle class
  7. 13. a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives
  8. 15. a people living in the same geographic region and having a common history, language, and culture
  9. 16. a person who favors the traditional and opposes rapid change
  10. 17. a person who advocates fundamental or extreme social and political changes
  11. 18. a high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence and usually determined by heredity
Down
  1. 1. the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed
  2. 2. the power of self-government, with independence from outside control; autonomy
  3. 3. relating to a social system in which a father rules, and descent and succession are traced through the father
  4. 4. the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state
  5. 6. an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned
  6. 12. a massive upheaval in ideas or ways of doing something, or the widescale change or transformation that occurs because of it
  7. 14. an authoritarian governing system in which a hereditary ruler holds complete power until death