Revolutions

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  1. 3. Small booklets used to spread revolutionary and Enlightenment ideas.
  2. 4. A period of radical political and social change in France, leading to the fall of the monarchy.
  3. 6. A multi-volume work put together by Enlightenment thinkers to spread knowledge and challenge traditional ideas.
  4. 10. An Enlightenment thinker who argued for natural rights and government by consent of the governed.
  5. 11. A large and often violent change in political power or societal structure.
  6. 12. An invention that helped spread Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas by making books and pamphlets more widely available.
  7. 14. A war in which the thirteen colonies gained independence from Britain, influenced by Enlightenment ideas.
  8. 15. A system of government in which power rests with the people.
  9. 16. An economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations and argued for a free-market economy.
  10. 17. An intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority.
  11. 19. The belief that universal principles govern human behavior, just as physical laws govern nature.
  12. 20. The British monarch during the American Revolution, criticized for his policies toward the colonies.
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  1. 1. The idea that all people are born with fundamental freedoms, such as life, liberty, and property.
  2. 2. The commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first president of the United States, influenced by Enlightenment ideals of leadership and governance.
  3. 5. A document outlining the fundamental principles and laws of a nation’s government.
  4. 7. An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.
  5. 8. A period of major advances in science and reason that laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment.
  6. 9. The author of the Declaration of Independence who was influenced by Enlightenment ideas.
  7. 13. A French philosopher known for advocating freedom of speech and religious tolerance.
  8. 16. A form of government where a ruler holds total power, often justified by divine right.
  9. 18. The king of France who ruled as an absolute monarch and built the Palace of Versailles.