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| rules of conduct discoverable by reason |
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| 17th century thinker who set forth ideas that were to become key to the enlightenment |
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| 17th century thinker who set forth ideas that were to become key to the enlightenment |
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| an agreement by which people gave up their freedom to a powerful goverment in order to avoid chaos |
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| rights that belong to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property |
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| thinkers that believed that the use of reason could lead to reforms of goverment, law, and society. |
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| an early and influential thinker that studied the goverments of europe, from italy to england. |
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| most famous of the philosophes, he was an impassioned poet, historian, essayist, and philosopher. |
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| worked for years to produce a 28- colume set of books called the encyclopedia |
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| believed that people in their natural state were basically good |
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| allowing business to operate with little or no goverment interference. |
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| a scottish economist who greatly admired the physiocrats |
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| restrictiong access to iseas and information |
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| informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas |
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| ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600's and 1700's |
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| personal, elegant style of art and architecture made popular during the mid 1700's that featured designs with the shapes of leaves, shells, and flowers |
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| absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change |
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| ruler who exerted exremely tight control over his subjects |
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| an eager student of the Enlightenment, he traveled in disguise amoung his subjects to learn of their problems |
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| imposed taxes on printed idems |
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political and social leader
1st president of the usa |
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| principal author of the declaration of independence |
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| all goverment power comes from the people |
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| a document that ended the war |
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| helped write the dec of ind |
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| power divided between the federal, or national,goverment and the states |
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