Chapter 12, Section 4 - The Enlightenment

The Renaissance contributed which of the following to the Enlightenment?

Philosopes often disguised their ideas in works of fiction to avoid:

Unchanging principles, discovered through reason, that governed all human contact.

Rights that belong to all humans from birth.

Authored "A Vindication of the Right of Women", and argued that women were being left out of the Social Contract.

Rococo

Friend of Voltaire and Diderot, granted nobles a "Charter of Rights", spoke out against serfdom.

Philosophe who edited the first Encyclopedia "to change the general way of thinking".

All of the following ideas are credited to Adam Smith EXCEPT:

Philosophe who argued that society corrupted people, and that societal controls should be minimal.

Amongst the greatest composers in history, heavily influenced by Enlightenment Reason

Baroque

Enlightened Despots:

Philosophe who defended the principle of free speech, hated the slave trade, and was exiled from France for his ideas.

The word Enlightenment was most notably used first by:

The Enlightenment of the 18th century was caused, in large part, by the...

Authored "The Spirit of the Laws", criticized absolute monarchy, argued for a separation of power in government.

This idea from Locke was most impactful in the centuries that followed:

Enlightenment thinkers worked to use ____________ to uncover "natural laws" that governed human life.

French Enlightenment thinkers: