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Enlightenment Period
Uses of terms and ideas from the Enlightenment Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Locke | government should protect people's rights |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | Direct democracy is the best form of government |
| Baron de Montesquie | three levels of government: legislative, executive and judical |
| Voltarie | people have the right to free speech and freedom of religion |
| Casare Beccaria | People should have a fair and speedy trial |
| Adam Smith | competition in the free market- free trade |
| authority | the right to do something or to tell someone what to do |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The rights that the government cannot take away |
| checks and balances | a system in which each branch of government checks on the the other branches |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which citizens vote directly on all laws and policies |
| divine rights | belief that a king or queen received the right to rule from God |
| Enlightenment | an intellectual movement in which people rejected the authority of rulers adn the church and thought in a different way |
| executive branch | the branch of the government that is responsible for enforcing the laws. |
| fraternity | a group helping one another as though they are brothers although they are not related |
| free trade | international exchange of goods and services without government taxes |
| gravity | the pull of one object, such as the earth, has on another object. |
| hereditary monarchy | a government rule by a king or queen or other ruler who inherited the office from another family member |
| intellectual | concerned with knowing and thinking |
| judicial branch | the branch of the federal, state or local government that intreprets the law and decides the guilt or innocence of the accused. |
| laissez faire | the principle that the economy works best when there is little government interference |
| legislative branch | the branch of government that makes the laws. |
| liberty | freedom from control by others |
| monarchy | a form of government in which the ruler is a king, queen, emperor or empress |
| noble | person who has a hign rank or title which is inherited |
| religious toleration | willing to out up with someone's right to believe and worship in a way different from you |
| revolution | a dramatic or violent change. |
| separation of powers | a plan of government, used in the United States, which divides the powers of government among three branches |
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