Matching Pairs The Old RegimenOnline version The Enlightenment by Gehistart Artgeo 1 It should be applied to all areas of life 2 Education and the experimental science 3 These private associations of enlightened thinkers met to discuss a variety of subjects. 4 He defended freedom and equality. He believed society corrupts human beings, who are naturally good. Sovereignty should reside in the people. For the benefit of the community, the people allow a higher authority to govern in their name 5 Natural rights 6 Their reforms attempted to modernise Spain (new land was farmed in Sierra Morena, the privileges of the Mesta were reduced) 7 Enlightened despotism monarchs 8 He defended a strong monarchy with respect for civil liberties. He believed strongly in freedom of expression and rejected fanaticism and intolerance 9 He initiated a wide-ranging reform programme that made him Spain's greatest enlightened despo 10 He defended the separation of powers: legislative power should be held by a representative Parliament, executive power by the King, and judicial power by independent judges 11 They therefore criticised some aspects of absolutism, the privileges of the nobility and the clergy, and the strict rules of guilds 12 Knowledge Belonged to all human being Reason They founded new educational institutions, modernised their bureaucracies and expropriated unused lands They were considered vital for ongoing human progress. Economic Societies of Friends of the Country It was the key to happiness Enlightenment thinkers
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