Enlightenment

Wrote The Social Contract in which people should be ruled by the general will

Produced the Encyclopedia

Believed in a limited government that protected citizens natural rights 

Author of Wealth of Nations

Type of monarchy when rulers try to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining powers

Concept that an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will

Hands- off economic policy

Economic doctrine which stated the state should not interrupt free play or impose regulations

Adam Smith argued that, in a free market, activity is regulated by forces of 

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal

How did the US Constitution reflect Enlightenment ideas?

Intellectuals of Enlightenment

Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from

Rules that can be discovered through logic and reason

Restriction of access to information and ideas

An enlightened despot was a ruler who

Name for French Enlightenment thinkers

The systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence

All are events that led to the Enlightenment EXCEPT:

Believed in an absolute monarchy because people are naturally greedy and selfish 

Which summarizes the Enlightenment view of women?

Believed in a social contract where citizens gave up freedom for an ordered society

Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because it

Developed the theory of separation of powers

People give up certain freedoms in order to live in an organized society

Catherine the Great is considered an enlightened despot because she

The separation of powers in the U.S. gov. is based on a theory by 

The Enlightened argument that gov. should protect citizen's natural rights is seen in

British feminist who fought for equal education for women

Author of Candide who argued against organized religion

Division of governmental power into executive, legislative, and judicial branches

All are examples of reforms made by enlightened despots EXCEPT