Unit 5/6

2. a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.
4. a system of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf within a framework of laws and regulations.
7. A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris.
8. an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries characterized by the advancement of reason, science, and individual rights, challenging traditional authority and promoting ideals of liberty, equality, and progress.
11. a form of government in which a monarch serves as the ceremonial head of state while the powers of governance are exercised by an elected legislature and regulated by a constitution
14. A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
15. A statement of the reasons for the American colonies’ break with Britain, approved by 2nd Continental Congress in 1776.
16. a form of government where a single ruler holds unlimited power and authority, typically justified by divine right or centralized control.

1. Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture.
3. The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government.
5. Relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.
6. a colonial revolt against British rule in the late 18th century, resulting in the establishment of the United States of America as an independent nation
9. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
10. One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.
12. a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799, resulting in the overthrow of the monarchy
13. Pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 to not stop meeting until a constitution was made.