The Enlightenment

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  1. 3. Another name for the Enlightenment
  2. 5. life, liberty, and property
  3. 7. A new way of thinking about the natural world.
  4. 9. first major reform, that of Russia's legal system, which was based on the antiquated, inequitable, and inefficient Code of Laws, dating from 1649.
  5. 11. form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment.
  6. 12. the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people.
  7. 15. who connected the newest scientific trends to radical philosophical ideas such as materialism.
  8. 16. the power in government should be divided into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
  9. 17. The social critics of the Enlightenment in France.
  10. 18. King Louis XIV of France, Louis XII, and Peter the Great of Russia were what?
  11. 19. Who propsed the idea of separation of powers?
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  1. 1. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
  2. 2. who argued that to escape such a bleak life, people had to hand over their rights to a strong ruler.
  3. 4. According to _________, all people are born free and equal, with three natural or human rights—life, liberty, and property.
  4. 6. Also known as François Marie Arouet. He fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
  5. 8. a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers, greatly enlarged Prussia's territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe.
  6. 10. Freedom of ___ he right to choose what ____ to follow and to worship without interference.
  7. 13. a belief held by Enlightenment thinkers that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking.
  8. 14. Rousseau Who said that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the “general will” of society—a direct democracy?
  9. 20. provided a place for women and men to congregate for intellectual discourse.