The Enlightenment

4. non-religious.
5. The English king that was beheaded by his people because they were so angry with his policies.
9. So >?:?> vereignty The idea that governments should express the will of the people.
10. The prison the French peasants breached and overran on July 14, 1789
14. The time period defined by the use of reason in guiding people's thoughts about philosophy, society, and politics.
15. Jacques Rousseau The French Philosopher that believed in popular sovereignty.
16. A social gathering to discuss ideas.
17. Revolution The war that the American colonists fought to achieve independence from England.
18. Wollstonecraft The British writer that was the first to argue that women should have the same rights as men.
19. Locke The English philosopher that wrote that government should exist for the good of the people.

1. Revolution The massive uprising of French commoners against the French monarchy and elites to achieve lasting change in French politics.
2. The machine used to behead people publicly during the French Revolution.
3. rights The Rights argued by John Locke to be possessed by all people.
5. Louis Montesquieu The French political thinker that claimed that government should be divided into separate branches to protect people's freedoms.
6. of the Rights of man and of the Citizen The French document that guaranteed some freedoms for citizens and distributed the payment of taxes more fairly.
7. Xvi The French king that was beheaded by his people because they were so angry with his policies.
8. Bill of Rights The document that listed rights for Parliament and the English people.
11. Jefferson The American colonist and future American president that believed in the ideals of the Enlightenment.
12. The French philosopher that mocked government and religion and believed that humans could improve their own existence.
13. Franklin The American colonist that argued that the British government had no right to tax the colonies.