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World History Test ch 17-21
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11/18/2010

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Natural Law
Definition
rules of conduct discoverable by reason
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Thomas Hobbes
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17th century thinker who set forth ideas that were to become key to the enlightenment
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John Locke
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17th century thinker who set forth ideas that were to become key to the enlightenment
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Social Contract
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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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Natural Right
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rights that belong to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property
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Philosophe
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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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Montesquieu
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an early and influential thinker that studied the goverments of europe, from italy to england.
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Voltaire
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most famous of the philosophes, he was an impassioned poet, historian, essayist, and philosopher.
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Diderot
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worked for years to produce a 28- colume set of books called the encyclopedia
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Rousseau
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believed that people in their natural state were basically good
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Laissez-Faire
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allowing business to operate with little or no goverment interference.
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Adam Smith
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a scottish economist who greatly admired the physiocrats
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Censorship
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restrictiong access to iseas and information
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Salons
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informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas
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Baroque
Definition
ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600's and 1700's
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Rococo
Definition
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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Enlightened Despots
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absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change
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Frederick the Great
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ruler who exerted exremely tight control over his subjects
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Catherine the Great
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empress of Russia
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Joseph II
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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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George III
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had a 60-year reign
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Stsmp Act
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imposed taxes on printed idems
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George Washington
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political and social leader

1st president of the usa

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Thomas Jefferson
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principal author of the declaration of independence
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Popular Sovereignty
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all goverment power comes from the people
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Treaty of paris
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a document that ended the war
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James Madison

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Benjamin Franklin

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helped write the dec of ind
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Federal Republic
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power divided between the federal, or national,goverment and the states
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Estates
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social classes
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