Enlightenment Quiz (Ap Euro)

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A British philosopher, whose ideas on natural law was adopted to create the Declaration of Independence.

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John Locke

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After referred to as the "informal international community of philosophes." These publications included the work of such philosophes as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Diderot.

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The Republic of Letters

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I wrote the "Spirit of Laws" in 1748 which applied the principles of observation, experimentation, and analysis.

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Montesquieu

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A popular belief in which they believed that God set the world in motion according to his laws of nature and left knowledge and progress to the action of man.

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Deism

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"Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence." This became the motto of the Enlightenment

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Immanuel Kant

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I based my beliefs on Locke's philosophy of natural law, to justify the colonies break with Britain.

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Thomas Jefferson

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I served as the principal editor of the 38 volume encyclopedia.

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Denis Diderot

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The belief that a community should unite to look for the good of the whole, which was adopted by the French National Assembly in 1789

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General Will

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In "On Crime and Punishment", I stated that we are innocent until convicted, that the punishment should fit the crime.

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Caesare Beccaria

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His graphic works portrayed the everyday life in London. His most famous sketch "Gin Lane" portrayed the effects of alcohol on the poor in 18c England.

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William Hogarth

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A brilliant composer of the 18c who composed "Fur Elise" and Moonlight Sonata"

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Beethoven

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Most prevalent in Paris, people came in these private homes for sociability and discussion run by upper-class women.

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Salons

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I wrote "Common Sense" in 1776, which was an appeal for American Independence based on Enlightenment principles

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Thomas Paine

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They believed that the primary role of government was to protect the property and to permit its owners to use it freely.

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Physiocrat

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I believed that economic liberty was the foundation of a natural economic system. I felt that the economy should be based on the forces of supply and demand.

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Adam Smith

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According to this philosophe, religious toleration was a primary social condition for the virtuous life.

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Voltaire

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This new artistic style of the 18c used elements drawn from nature such as birds and flowers to replace religious objects in art.

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rococo

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I based my writing on the belief that human nature, which was originally good was corrupted by society.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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This 18c ruler established the Charter of Nobility of 1785 which gave nobility security of their property, the right to hold serfs and the immunity from arrest.

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Catherine the Great

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In this writing, Rousseau imagined a social reform in which the individual surrenders his or her natural rights to the general will.

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The Social Contract