| A | B |
| Natural Law | Rules discvoered by reason |
| Thomas Hobbes | 17th century English thinker |
| John Locke | 17th century English thinker |
| Social Contract | An agreement that gave up freedom for an organized society |
| Natural Rights | Rights that belong to all humans by birth |
| Philosophes | Philosophers |
| Montesquieu | Studied the governments of Europe |
| Volataire | The most famous of the Philosophes |
| Diderot | Worked to produce the encyclopedia |
| Rousseau | Believed that people in their natural state were basically good |
| Laissez-Faire | Allowing business to operate with little to no government interference |
| Adam Smith | A Scottish economist that greatly admired the Physiocrats |