[Parker- AP Euro] Chapter 17 FINAL

	religion that regarded God as a kind of divine watch maker who had created the mechanism of nature, set it in motion, and then departed.
	the will of majority interests over the will of individual interests
	French philosophe and author of Spirit of the Laws (1748). He admired English political institutions and used their different branches of governmental authority to arrive at his theories regarding separation of powers.
	critics and writers associated with the Enlightenment. They were critical of many religious institutions and were typically anticlerical. Most believed that religion and reason could be combined into a set of ideas known as deism.
	one of his most famous works is The Social Contract (1762) which opens with "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains...". This books focuses on his political philosophy regarding an ideal governement and central to that phlisophy is the concept of general will.
	a gethering spot for the critics and writers known as the philosophes; associated with the French Enlightenment
	Montesquieu's belief that any two of the three branches of governement (executive, judicial, and legislative) would have the ability to check and balance the power of the other. He also believed that the best governement for a particular country depended on many factors peculier to that country. For France, Montesquieu favored a monarchial goverenment limited by a reformed aristocratic body such as the parlements (regional courts).
	his Inquiry... the Wealth of Nations (1776) is considered the most important economic work of the Enlightenment. He argued that the best way to encourage economic growth was to allow individuals to pursue their own selfish economic interests.
	written by Baron de Montesquieu
	French philosophe who used the phrase "Crush the Infamous Thing" to describe his attitude toward religion and especially the Roman Catholic Church
	written by Adam Smith, considered the most important economic work of the Enlightenment. Smith argued that the best way to encourage economic growth was to allow individuals to pursue their own selfish economic interests.
	poineering British feminist who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792). In this work she attacked policies of the French Revolution that were unfavorable to women and that had been inspired by the writings of Rousseau. She was vehementally opposed to Rousseau's concept of separate spheres for men and women.