World History - Chapter 17 Test

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Salon

Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas.

Montesquieu

Balanced governments

Denis Diderot

worked for years to produce a 28-volume set of books called the Encyclopedia.

Rococo

a style of art that moved away from religious and was believed to encourage immigration.

George Washington

Commanded U.S. army

Adam Smith

Supply should meet demand

Baroque

ornate style of art and architecture. paintings were huge, colorful and full of excitement.

Popular Sovereignty

states that all government power comes from the people

Natural Law

rules discoverable by reason, such as gravity and magnetism. Word is the answer

Mary Wollstonecraft

Education for all genders

Physiocrats

Las A Farre

Enlightenment writers

contradicted traditional values

Enlightenment Despots

Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change

Joseph II

disguised himself as a peasant

Navigation Acts

to enforce trade

Battle of Saratoga

first time france joined the Americas

Articles of Confederation

1781 was redrawn

Diversity of U.S. colonies

Less social classes than Europe

Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

George III

started the American Revolution