Enlightenment

The systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence

Believed in a limited government that protected citizens natural rights 

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

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

An enlightened despot was a ruler who

How did the US Constitution reflect Enlightenment ideas?

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

Restriction of access to information and ideas

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

Hands- off economic policy

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

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

Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because it

Author of Wealth of Nations

Developed the theory of separation of powers

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

Intellectuals of Enlightenment

All are events that led to the Enlightenment EXCEPT:

Name for French Enlightenment thinkers

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

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

Which summarizes the Enlightenment view of women?

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

Rules that can be discovered through logic and reason

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal

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

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

All are examples of reforms made by enlightened despots EXCEPT

Catherine the Great is considered an enlightened despot because she

British feminist who fought for equal education for women