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10 Cards in this Set
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Popular sovereignty
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Principle that all government power comes from the people
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montesquieu
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Proposed the idea of separation of powers in government
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George the 3rd
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his government made policies that helped bring the American revolution
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Adam smith
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argued that the forces of supply and demand in a free market can regulate business activity
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salon
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informal social gathering where enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas
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diderot
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helped spread enlightenment ideas by compiling articles by leading thinkers into a 28 volume work
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George Washington
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chosen to command the American forces during the American revolution
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Thomas Jefferson
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principal author of the declaration of independence
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divine right
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Belief that a monarchs authority comes directly from god
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huguenots
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French protestants whose freedoms were protected by Henry IV
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