Enlightenment

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An Enlightenment thinker who focused on women's rights

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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An agreement by which people give up their natural state for an organized society

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social contract

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A policy that allows businesses to operate without government interference

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laissez faire

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A social gathering in which artists and thinkers exchange ideas

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salon

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Who stated, "In order to have liberty, it is necessary that the powers of the government be separated"? Options: Voltaire, Adam Smith, Baron de Montesquieu

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Baron de Montesquieu

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"In do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Who said this?

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Voltaire

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Who argued that there should be no government regulations on trade?

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Adam Smith

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Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to...

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prevent the government from abusing power

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Which event in the timeline suggests that the American Revolution had a global impact? Options: England and Scotland unite, the French Revolution, the Russian Charter of Nobility is signed, the Treaty of Paris

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the French Revolution

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According to the timeline, how many years passed between the publication of Locke's Two Treatises of Government and the end of the American Revolution?

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93