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- What philosopher believed government is a contract between rulers and the people? What did he write?
- What form of government followed the French Revolution?
- What philosopher believed religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism and believed in separation of church and state?What did he write?
- What philosopher belleved the best form of govemment includes separation of powers? What did he write?
- Who was the king during the English Civil War and what happened to him?
- The Enlightenment fueled revolutions in what parts of the world?
- What is the theory that a ruler's power comes directly from God and is only accountable to God?
- Who used the telescope to support the heliocentric theory?
- Three foundations of English freedoms were the jury trial, common law, and the Magna _____.
- What document signed by William and Mary decreased royal power, increased Parliament power, and gave more rights to Englishmen?
- What American incorporated Enlightenment beliefs into the Declaration of Independence?
- The period when Charles II came to the throne was called what?
- Democracy rests on a principle that power comes from where?
- What movement applied reason to the human (law & gov't) & natural world and promoted religious tolerance?
- Political parties developed during this time, what were they called?
- What French palace became a symbol of royal power, and which French king built it?
- Which theory states the earth revolves around the sun and who introduced it?
- Who discovered elliptical planetary movement?
- What agreement ended the religious warfare in Germany in 1555?
- Why did King Henry VIII break with Rome and establish the Church of England?