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chapter 18 vocab Flashcards

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_____ paintings of battles and saints were hung in many palaces

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baroque

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ideas were exchanged by writers, artists, and philosophes in _____

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salons

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head of the cabinet in a parliamentary government, usually the leader of the largest party in the legislature

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prime minister

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states that all government power comes from the people

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popular sovereignty

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john locke believed people had ____ and the government should protect these rights

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natural rights

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the ____ helped George I set policy and rule england

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cabinet

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rule or law that governs human nature

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natural law

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The fight against the British was very hard because they had professional soldiers, a lot of money, and many American colonists were ______ who supported Britain’s rule.

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loyalists

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government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

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oligarchy

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absolute ruler who uses his or her power to bring about political and social change

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enlightened despots

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ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s (very big and bold)

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baroque

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a ______ began in Britain and was limited by the magna carta and the bill of rights

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constitutional government

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Robert Walpole was Britain’s first _____ and helped the cabinet agree on many issues

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prime minister

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informal social gathering at which writers, artists, and philosophers exchanged ideas; originated in France in the 1600s

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salon

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policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

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laissez-faire

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agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos

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social contract

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enlightenment thinker who searched for natural laws to explain economiecs

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physiocrat

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a ______ was created from the constitution and separated the powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial brances

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federal republic

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Frederick the great, Catherine the great, and joseph II were _____ who wanted political and social change

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enlightened despots

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_____ did not feel that the government should be involved in how businesses operated

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physiocrats

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due to the _____ started by the government and church many writers were put in jail and books were burned

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censorship

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furniture in the ___ style had pretty shells and flowers

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rococo

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Thomas hobbes believed that if people did not enter into a _____ they would fight, rob, and mistreat each other

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social contract

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parliamentary advisors to the king who originally met in a small room

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cabinet

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government in which power is divided between the national, or federal, government and the states

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federal republic

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with a policy of _____, the government would not interfere with businesses

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laissez-faire

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member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvement

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philosophe

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government whose power is defined and limited by law

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constitutional government

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right that belongs to all humans from birth

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natural rights

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a few male property owners had to write to vote in Britain’s ____ government

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oligarchy

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the declaration of independence detailed ______ and the hardships felt by the colonists towards britain

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popular sovereignty

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restriction on access to ideas and information

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censorship

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colonist who supported Britain during the American Revolution

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loyalist

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francois-maria arouet was the most famous of the ____ and his ideas spread throughout Europe

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philosophes

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educated Europeans thought they could use ____ to solve all social, political, and economic problems.

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natural laws

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personal, elegant style of art and architecture made popular during the mid-1700s and featuring fancy design in the shape of leaves, shells and scrolls

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rococo

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