The Enlightenment

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  1. 2. England was a ______ before the Glorious Revolution where the king had more power than anyone else.
  2. 3. He led England as a republic and made laws like no drinking, dancing or gambling. He eventually began to rule as a dictator.
  3. 4. Small gatherings of men and women in France during the Enlightenment where people discussed science, politics and religion.
  4. 6. A professional army led by Oliver Cromwell that helped parliament win the English Civil War.
  5. 8. This side supported parliament during the English Civil War and was made up of working and middle class people as well as Puritans.
  6. 10. A contract signed by King John that limited the king's power.
  7. 11. He was the king after Charles II. He believed in Divine right and refused to work with parliament. He was replaced by his daughter.
  8. 12. The two targets of the Enlightenment were the __________ Church and the King.
  9. 15. He was known as the "Merry Monarch" because he liked to party. He cancelled the Blue Laws.
  10. 17. II He was the English king who implemented trial by jury and common law.
  11. 19. This side supported the king during the English Civil War and was made up of mostly wealthy nobles.
  12. 22. The belief that the king was chosen by God and should therefore have absolute power.
  13. 24. A French philosopher who believe humans are born good and wrote about a social contract where people give up some rights in return for protection.
  14. 26. The ____ is when parliament replaces James II with his daughter Mary. She agrees to obey parliament.
  15. 28. A document issued in 1628 that limited the king's power. It was signed by Charles I.
  16. 29. The time period when the authority of the church and king was questioned. Also known as the Age of Reason.
  17. 30. He became king following James I and started the English Civil War. He was beheaded in 1649.
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  1. 1. It consisted of 28 volumes and included articles from leading philosophes covering nearly every subject. It was edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert.
  2. 5. Mary ____ was a British writer who argued for the rights of women during the Enlightenment.
  3. 7. He was a French philosopher who was a strong supporter of Freedom of Speech.
  4. 9. The ____ Amendment Act stated that when someone is arrested, they must know what they are being charged with.
  5. 13. The time period before the Enlightenment where people began to look for proof.
  6. 14. The first king in the Stuart line who strongly believed in the Divine Right of Kings and battled with the Puritans.
  7. 16. This English philosopher believed people were born evil and that a strict government must be put into place to control them.
  8. 18. This document gave parliament more power than the king and stated that the king couldn't dissolve parliament and no Catholic could rule England.
  9. 20. He is the most influential Enlightenment philosopher who believed that all people are born free and equal with 3 natural rights.
  10. 21. He was a French philosophe who was influenced by John Locke. He believed that government should be made up of 3 branches of government who each had equal amounts of power.
  11. 23. The ___ is the idea that people give up some of their rights in return for protection from the government.
  12. 25. Following the Glorious Revolution, England became a ____ Monarchy where the powers of the king/queen were restricted by the constitution and laws of the country.
  13. 27. He was known as ____ the Conqueror. He claimed the throne of England following the Battle of Hastings and began centralizing the English government.