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| an explanation of how or why something happens |
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| the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge |
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| orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence |
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| proposed explanation of the facts |
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| law that applies to everyone and can be understood by reason |
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| agreement between rulers and the people upon which a government is based |
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| equal division of power among the branches of government |
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| system of rule in which monarchs held total power and claimed to rule by the will of God |
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| representative government |
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| system of government in which people elect leaders to make laws |
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| written plan of government |
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| idea that a government receives its power from the people |
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| a social government in France |
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| the French middle class; part of the Third Estate class system |
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