Unit 10: Enlightenment

Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great were Enlightened absolutists whose goal was

Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military

According to Rousseau's concept of the social contract...

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a strong statement for the rights of women

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

What is the belief of rationalism

Mary Wollstonecraft's ideas about the rights of women were based on

According to Rousseau, general will represents what is best for

The Seven Years War took place in Europe, America and _______

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

Great Britain increased taxes on its American colonies to pay for wars against France

Which idea of Montesquieu has been incorporated into the US Constitution?

Most philosophers believed that natural rights needed to be protected by Enlightened monarchs

Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish seriously because

Monarchs who practiced ____ tried to govern by

The Declaration of Independence was influenced by what philosophical movement?

Montesquieu studied a system of government in which separation of parts of the govt limits

The goal of the Enlightenment was to use the scientific method to keep society the same

To philosophers, the universe was