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The Enlightenment: Matching #1

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Matching exercises can help learners build a functional vocabulary related to many different concepts. They match ten ideas and key players commonly associated with the Enlightenment to their definitions. Ben Franklin, Edward Gibbon, and Thomas Paine are a few of the thinkers noted on this worksheet.

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thomas paine, common sense, benjamin franklin, the enlightenment

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benjamin franklin, the enlightenment, thomas paine, david hume, thomas abbt, edward gibbon, balthasar bekker, social studies
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7th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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