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OGT Practice Enlight
Enlightenment Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Divine Right | belief that a monarch received the right to govern from God and not from the people |
| Scientific Revolution | Took place between 1550 and 1700. Scientists used experiments, logic and reason to study the physical world. Influenced the Enlightenment. |
| Monarchy | Form of government in which the ruler (monarch) is a king, queen, emperor or empress. A monarch usualy inherits the title and holds power for life. |
| American Revolution | War between the American Colonies and Great Britain leading to the formation of the United States. Influenced by ideas of the Enlightenment |
| Declaration of Independence | Document asserting independence of the American Colonies from Great Britain. |
| Constitution | |
| Religious Toleration | willing to put up with someone's rughts to believe and worship in a different way than you do |
| Social Contract | |
| Revolution | dramatic or violent change. It could be political, social, cultural or intellectual. |
| Enlightenment | Intellectual movement of the 18th century in which the ordinary person rejected the authority of rulers and the church, and valued his own logic and ideas |
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