The Enlightenment (Chapter 35) - Vocab Only

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Place for Enlightenment thinkers to debate ideas

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Salon

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A government where a monarch's power is limited by laws or a constitution.

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Constitutional monarchy

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Basic human rights a government must protect

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Bill of Rights

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John Locke: purpose of government is to protect natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property).

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Natural rights

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Montesquieu emphasized the need for division of powers among government branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.

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Separation of powers

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Rule by a tyrant

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Despotism

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A name used instead of a writer's real name

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Pen name

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Acceptance of different beliefs and customs

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Tolerance

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Scientific study of crime and punishment

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Criminology

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Punishment by death; also known as the death penalty.

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Capital punishment