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- an Italian, wrote a book called On Crimes and Punishments in which he argued against brutal punishments.
- By dividing different powers among more than one branch of government, no one group in the government could grow too powerful.
- Lasting Impact: the idea that government could be overthrown if it failed to respect people's rights had wide influence and was ultimately echoed in the
- In exchange protection, people gave government the power to rule on their behalf. We call this idea the
- argued thatthe free market should regulate business activity.
- laws or a constitution limited the power of the monarchs (or kings).
- This strengthened the power of the people and their representatives in Parliament (an English congress.)
- believed in and wrote the book called: Social Contract*
- 2%wanted power in everythingowned a lot of land
- professionalswealthy- but wont become nobility
- 1%owned 10% of the landtaxed peasants- did not paytheir own legal system and court
- Who had the best position in gov. church and military?
- Who created the Cult of the Supreme Being
- Who was the most powerful member of the Committee of Public Safety
- Name a type of tow people who would have been middle class in renaissance Italy
- What did the development of printing using moveable type enable people to do
- How did art developed by Northern European artists during the renaissance differ from the art of Italian master artists
- Which of the major Italian states was led by a hereditary monarchy
- What is a form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote
- The human focused style of renaissance artists resulted in art that