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225866334NATURAL LAWRULES DISCOVERABLE BY REASON (THOMAS HOBBES AND JOHN LOCKE)
225866335SOCIAL CONTRACTAGREEMENT BY WHICH CITIZENS GAVE UP THEIR FREEDOM FOR AN ORGANIZED SOCIETY (HOBBES)
225866336NATURAL RIGHTSRIGHTS THAT BELONG TO EVERY HUMAN FROM BIRTH (JOHN LOCKE)
225866337LAISSEZ-FAIREBUSINESSES OPERATE WITH LITTLE OR NO GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE- REJECTED MERCHANTILISM (PHYSIOCRATS)
225866338GENERAL WILLTHE BEST CONSCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE (ROUSSEAU)
225866339CENSORSHIPRESTRICTING ACCESS TO IDEAS AND INFORMATION
225866340SALONSINFORMAL SOCIAL GATHERINGS WHERE WRITERS, ARTISTS, PHILOSOPHES, AND OTHERS EXCHANGED IDEAS- HELD AT MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN'S HOMES
225866341THOMAS JEFFERSONPRINCIPAL AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
225866342ROCOCOMORE ELEGANT, LIGHTER, AND CHARMING FORM OF ART
225866343ENLIGHTENED DESPOTsABSOLUTE RULERS WHO USED THEIR POWER TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE
225866344STAMP ACT1765- IMPOSED TAXES ON ITEMS SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS- REPEALED IN 1766
225866345FEDERAL REPUBLICGOVERNMENT POWER DIVIDED BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
225866346POPULAR SOVEREIGNTYALL GOVERNMENT POWER COMES FROM THE PEOPLE
225866347THOMAS HOBBESBELIEVED PEOPLE WERE NATURALLY CRUEL, GREEDY, AND SELFISH- NEED GOVT. TO SUPPORT THEM
225866348JOHN LOCKEBELIEVED PEOPLE WERE REASONABLE AND MORTAL WITH NATURAL RIGHTS- GOVERNMENT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE'S NATURAL RIGHTS
225866349MONTESQUIEUFUNCTIONS OF GOVT. DIVIDED IN A FEDERAL REPUBLIC WITH EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES ALONG WITH CHECKS ON POWER
225866350VOLTAIREFREEDOM OF SPEECH- "...SAY WHAT I THINK..."
225866351DIDEROTPRODUCED ENCYCLOPEDIA TO "CHANGE THE GENERAL WAY OF THINKING"
225866352ROUSSEAUGENERAL WILL- SOME GOVT. CONTROL NECESSARY BUT MUST BE LIMITED
225866353FREDERICK THE GREATKING OF PRUSSIA- EXERTED EXTREMELY TIGHT CONTROL OVER HIS SUBJECTS, TOLERATED RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES AND WORKED FOR COMMON GOOD
225866354CATHERINE THE GREATEMPRESS OF RUSSIA- EXCHANGED LETTERS WITH VOLTAIRE AND DIDEROT, BELIEVED IN NEW ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS
225866355JOSEPH IITRAVELED IN DISGUISE AMONG HIS SUBJECTS TO LEARN OF THEIR PROBLEMS- SON AND SUCCESSOR OF AUSTRIAN EMPRESS MARIA THERESA
225866356GEORGE IIIHAD A 60 YEAR REIGN- BORN IN ENGLAND, SPOKE ENGLISH, AND LOVED BRITAIN
225866357GEORGE WASHINGTONVIRGINIA PLANTER AND SOLDIER- COMMANDER OF CONTINENTAL ARMY
225866358JOHN LOCKEHIS IDEAS MOST REFLECTED IN DEC. OF IND.
225866359BATTLE OF SARATOGAPERSUADED FRENCH TO JOIN THE AMERICANS AGAINST THE BRITISH
225866360HAYDNHELPED DEVELOP STRING QUARTET AND THE SYMPHONY
225866361HANDELWROTE WATER MUSIC FOR KING GEORGE I
225866362ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATIONAMERICAN LEADERS GATHERED IN 1787 TO REWRITE THIS DOCUMENT

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