| A | B |
|---|
| enlightenment | attempts to explain the natural world |
| social contract | between people and government |
| absolutism | absolute power of kings |
| balance of power | among elements of government |
| monarch | king |
| separation of powers | legislative, judicial, and executive |
| democracy | government that acts for common good with the consent of the people |
| Voltaire | believed in religious tolerance |
| system of checks and balances | created by three branches of government |
| Montesquieu | had idea of 3 branches of government |
| John Locke | believed men had a right to revolt against a government that was not protecting their rights |
| salon | place in Europe were ideas were exchanged freely |
