Enlightenment Flashcards

Enlightenment Flashcards

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Social Studies

11th Grade

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Beth Brown

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An agreement between members of a society to give up rights and freedoms for the rule of law.

Back

SOCIAL CONTRACT

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A French intellectual who critiqued society using reason in his writings

Back

VOLTAIRE

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An absolute monarch who embraced legal, educational, and social reforms in an attempt to rule justly

Back

Despot

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A French social gathering of great minds to discuss ideas, hosted by wealthy women.

Back

SALONS

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Basic rights that people have by virtue of being human; including rights to life and liberty

Back

NATURAL RIGHTS

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The belief that the authority of government resides in the consent of the people; democratic governments embrace this idea.

Back

Popular Sovereignty

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The view that all economic activities should be allowed to take their natural course, without government interference.

Back

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