| A | B |
|---|
| absolutism | a system in which monarch hold complete power |
| adamsmith | economist who introduced Laissez Faire |
| enlightenment | period of innovative thinking to discover truth through reason |
| constitutionalgovernment | government thats power is limited by law |
| dictator | someone who gains power using the military |
| diderot | wrote Encyclopedia to help spread ideas |
| federalism | divides powr at federal, city, and state level |
| Rousseau | proposed idea of social contract and government based on popular sovereignty |
| JohnLocke | believed in natural rights at birth |
| Laissezfaire | government should not control economics but consumers in the marketplace should |
| Wollstonecraft | first feminist supporter |
| Montesquieu | proposed the idea of three branches of government |
| Machiavelli | supported absolutism by writing The Prince |
| Nationalism | strong emotional belief in one's country |
| oligarchy | government power held by a few |
