Chp 19 Enlightenment - Terms Flashcards
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| 39321723 | philosophes | Public intellectuals dedicating to solving real problems in the world | 0 | |
| 39321724 | Enlightenment | Intellectual movement to apply reason to solve problems | 1 | |
| 39321725 | salons | Informal gatherings sponsored by wealthy women that provided a forum for new ideas and debate | 2 | |
| 39321726 | atheist | A person who does not believe in the existence of God | 3 | |
| 39321727 | deist | A person who believes in God but gives him no active role in human affairs | 4 | |
| 39321728 | abolitionists | Those who want to end slavery | 5 | |
| 39321729 | laissez-faire | Economic doctrine that advocates freeing the economy from government intervention and control | 6 | |
| 39321730 | social contract | All political authority comes not from divine right but from the consent of the governed | 7 | |
| 39321731 | romanticism | Artistic movement that glorified nature, emotion, genuis, and imagination | 8 | |
| 39323292 | Methodism | Religious movement founded by John Wesley that insists on self discipline and religious study and observance | 9 | |
| 39323293 | Freemasons | Associations of nobles and artisans who shared an interest in Enlightenment reforms | 10 | |
| 39323294 | industrialization | Economic change brought about by the invention of steam engines and the rise of factories | 11 | |
| 39323295 | enlightened despots | Rulers who tried to promote reform without giving up their own supreme political power | 12 |