225866334 | NATURAL LAW | RULES DISCOVERABLE BY REASON (THOMAS HOBBES AND JOHN LOCKE) | |
225866335 | SOCIAL CONTRACT | AGREEMENT BY WHICH CITIZENS GAVE UP THEIR FREEDOM FOR AN ORGANIZED SOCIETY (HOBBES) | |
225866336 | NATURAL RIGHTS | RIGHTS THAT BELONG TO EVERY HUMAN FROM BIRTH (JOHN LOCKE) | |
225866337 | LAISSEZ-FAIRE | BUSINESSES OPERATE WITH LITTLE OR NO GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE- REJECTED MERCHANTILISM (PHYSIOCRATS) | |
225866338 | GENERAL WILL | THE BEST CONSCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE (ROUSSEAU) | |
225866339 | CENSORSHIP | RESTRICTING ACCESS TO IDEAS AND INFORMATION | |
225866340 | SALONS | INFORMAL SOCIAL GATHERINGS WHERE WRITERS, ARTISTS, PHILOSOPHES, AND OTHERS EXCHANGED IDEAS- HELD AT MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN'S HOMES | |
225866341 | THOMAS JEFFERSON | PRINCIPAL AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | |
225866342 | ROCOCO | MORE ELEGANT, LIGHTER, AND CHARMING FORM OF ART | |
225866343 | ENLIGHTENED DESPOTs | ABSOLUTE RULERS WHO USED THEIR POWER TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE | |
225866344 | STAMP ACT | 1765- IMPOSED TAXES ON ITEMS SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS- REPEALED IN 1766 | |
225866345 | FEDERAL REPUBLIC | GOVERNMENT POWER DIVIDED BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | |
225866346 | POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY | ALL GOVERNMENT POWER COMES FROM THE PEOPLE | |
225866347 | THOMAS HOBBES | BELIEVED PEOPLE WERE NATURALLY CRUEL, GREEDY, AND SELFISH- NEED GOVT. TO SUPPORT THEM | |
225866348 | JOHN LOCKE | BELIEVED PEOPLE WERE REASONABLE AND MORTAL WITH NATURAL RIGHTS- GOVERNMENT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE'S NATURAL RIGHTS | |
225866349 | MONTESQUIEU | FUNCTIONS OF GOVT. DIVIDED IN A FEDERAL REPUBLIC WITH EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES ALONG WITH CHECKS ON POWER | |
225866350 | VOLTAIRE | FREEDOM OF SPEECH- "...SAY WHAT I THINK..." | |
225866351 | DIDEROT | PRODUCED ENCYCLOPEDIA TO "CHANGE THE GENERAL WAY OF THINKING" | |
225866352 | ROUSSEAU | GENERAL WILL- SOME GOVT. CONTROL NECESSARY BUT MUST BE LIMITED | |
225866353 | FREDERICK THE GREAT | KING OF PRUSSIA- EXERTED EXTREMELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER HIS SUBJECTS, TOLERATED RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES AND WORKED FOR COMMON GOOD | |
225866354 | CATHERINE THE GREAT | EMPRESS OF RUSSIA- EXCHANGED LETTERS WITH VOLTAIRE AND DIDEROT, BELIEVED IN NEW ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS | |
225866355 | JOSEPH II | TRAVELED IN DISGUISE AMONG HIS SUBJECTS TO LEARN OF THEIR PROBLEMS- SON AND SUCCESSOR OF AUSTRIAN EMPRESS MARIA THERESA | |
225866356 | GEORGE III | HAD A 60 YEAR REIGN- BORN IN ENGLAND, SPOKE ENGLISH, AND LOVED BRITAIN | |
225866357 | GEORGE WASHINGTON | VIRGINIA PLANTER AND SOLDIER- COMMANDER OF CONTINENTAL ARMY | |
225866358 | JOHN LOCKE | HIS IDEAS MOST REFLECTED IN DEC. OF IND. | |
225866359 | BATTLE OF SARATOGA | PERSUADED FRENCH TO JOIN THE AMERICANS AGAINST THE BRITISH | |
225866360 | HAYDN | HELPED DEVELOP STRING QUARTET AND THE SYMPHONY | |
225866361 | HANDEL | WROTE WATER MUSIC FOR KING GEORGE I | |
225866362 | ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | AMERICAN LEADERS GATHERED IN 1787 TO REWRITE THIS DOCUMENT |
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