a time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the age of reason.

gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment

an agreememnt between a people and their government,stating that people would give up some of their freedom and in return,their government would provide them with peace,security,and order.

english philoesopher and founder of British empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the Enlightenment.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss French political philosopher; he valued the social contract and addressed the nature of man in his work On the Origin of Inequality.

French jurist and political philosopher; he explored democratic theories of government.

philosophers of the Enlightenment.

french philosopher and author; he was a supporter of Deism.

the absolute monarchs in 18th-century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment.

a law passed by the British Parliament that raised tax money by requiring the American colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items.

American statesman; third president of the united states;he was a member of two Continental congress,chairman of the committee to draft the declaration of independence,the declaration's main author and one of its signers.

American statesman; he was a philosopher,scientist,inventor,writer,publisher,first U.S postmaster and member of the committee to draft the declaration of independence.

First president of the United states; he commanded the continental Army during the revolutionary war.

The agreement that officially ended the american revolution and established British recognition of the independence of the united States.

American statesman; he was the fourth president of the united states.

a system of government in which power is divided between a central,or federal government and individual states.

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Term	Definition
Enlightenment	a time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the age of reason.
salons	gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment
social contract	an agreememnt between a people and their government,stating that people would give up some of their freedom and in return,their government would provide them with peace,security,and order.
John Locke	english philoesopher and founder of British empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the Enlightenment.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau	Swiss French political philosopher; he valued the social contract and addressed the nature of man in his work On the Origin of Inequality.
Baron de Montesquieu	French jurist and political philosopher; he explored democratic theories of government.
philosophes	philosophers of the Enlightenment.
Voltaire	french philosopher and author; he was a supporter of Deism.
elightened despots	the absolute monarchs in 18th-century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment.
Stamp Act	a law passed by the British Parliament that raised tax money by requiring the American colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items.
Thomas Jefferson	American statesman; third president of the united states;he was a member of two Continental congress,chairman of the committee to draft the declaration of independence,the declaration's main author and one of its signers.
Benjamin Franklin	American statesman; he was a philosopher,scientist,inventor,writer,publisher,first U.S postmaster and member of the committee to draft the declaration of independence.
George Washington	First president of the United states; he commanded the continental Army during the revolutionary war.
Treaty of Paris	The agreement that officially ended the american revolution and established British recognition of the independence of the united States.
James Madison	American statesman; he was the fourth president of the united states.
federal system	a system of government in which power is divided between a central,or federal government and individual states.

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