Enlightenment Vocab

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Severe, unfair power exercised by a government

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Tyranny

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French Enlightenment thinker who believed freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government.

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Voltaire

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Division of power into three branches

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Montesquieu

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A King or Queen with limited power by a Constitution

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Constitutional Monarch

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Business operates with minimal government interference.

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Laissez Faire

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A ruler with unrestricted power.

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Absolute Monarch

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Believed humans are cruel, selfish, and greedy; supported absolute authority.

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Thomas Hobbes

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A political system where supreme power lies with citizens who elect representatives.

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Democracy

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A king or queen who inherits their position.

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Monarch

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Rational investigation of existence, knowledge, and ethics.

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Philosophy