World History The Modern World Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards

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225866344	STAMP ACT	1765- IMPOSED TAXES ON ITEMS SUCH AS NEWSPAPERS AND PAMPHLETS- REPEALED IN 1766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