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The Age of European Enlightenment?
1. This English author stressed the importance of government as a contract. His writing deeply influenced Thomas Jefferson. 2. This multi-volumed work was the major instrument spreading Enlightenment ideas. The concept is still used today. 3. Ruler of the Austrian Habsburg lands, this son of Maria Theresa provoked a series of revolts with his reforms. See http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-33358/Austria 4. This German born Empress of Russia partitioned Poland along with Austria and Prussia. Interested in the ideas of the philosophes, she did little actually reforming in Russia. 5. This Scottish economists attacked the traditional mercantalism of his day. He stressed the importance of foreign trade, division of labor, and less government regulation. Full name please.
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- 1 John Locke 2 not sure 3 Leopold II (1790-1792) 4 Catherine the Great 5 Adam Smith
- 2 is the Encyclopédie
