He was an author, playwright, and an influential thinker famous for saying, "I don't agree with a thing you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it."

This is the concept that there are basic human rights people are born with.

This ancient republic answered the complaints of the citizenry by establishing a bicameral system of government with a legislature representing their interests.

In this most famous work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau he wrote that people ought to be able to vote on laws.

The Age of Enlightenment was a also called this.

He said, "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

This is a ruler with unlimited power.

This document, written in 1215, is said to have influenced the thnkers and revolutionaries of the 18th century.

In this famous play by Voltaire, a young boy goes on a series of adventures and learns of the hypocrisy of the church & of the evils of government, and of slavery.

Two new opportunities for public life - public debates and public lectures often took place here.

He was one of the main editors and contributors to what he called "a collection of all available knowledge."

A group of French thinkers of the 18th century.

The country that experienced the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

These were popular publications available to common citizens and where many new ideas were often presented to the public.

Hosted by women, these gatherings were held in private homes.

He is one of the primary English contributors to Enlightenment thinking and heavily influenced the American colonist.

A belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason.

The Glorious Revolution resulted in this type of government.

This illegal, often satirical multi-volume work was banned in France but was smuggled in. It was a compendium of knowledge and said to be the intellectual inspiration for the French Revolution.

These new ideas, gatherings, and publications were often met with this by the government.

He promoted the idea of the separation of powers into three branches of government in order to protect people's rights.

This is an implicit agreement between the people and their government.

Three enduring changes brought on bu the Glorious Revolution.

In this most famous work, the author advanced the idea that people were born free and had certain natural rights, especially life, liberty, and property.

This idea of favoring freedom of action for each individual is often debated in favor of the needs of the community to be ruled by a powerful leader.