Vocabulary The Age of Enlightenment
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2hollister2 on April 12, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Natural Law | The law that governs human nature. |
| Leviathan | this is an evil monster. |
| Monarchy | One individual who has absolute control, someone who is born into the position. |
| social contract | People agree to give up the rights they are born into nature with. |
| Revolution | This is a natural right |
| Philosophe | People who use the methods of science to try to understand society such as government and human nature. |
| Federalism | The division of power being divided among different levels of government, (National, State, & Local). |
| Devine Right | God given right to rule. |
| Physiocrats | These people attempt to understand economics and the use natural laws to understand the ways of economics. |
| Laissez-Faire | The idea that the government should keep its hands of economics and businesses should be able to operate without government interference. |
| Mercantilism | When the government has strict control over trade or just plain control. |
| censorship | The ability of government to restrict information, Catholic Church and government began to censor information because of the "Enlightenment Thinkers." |
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