What system did Adam Smith argue for?
A System of Free Enterprise
The middle class made up of relatively prosperous and educated professionals and merchants
Buorgeoisie
What was "The Reign of Bloody Terror?"
A phase during the French Revolution filled with deaths and exocutions.
What did Montesquieu believe?
Liberty is a natural art
People with unlimited authority and almost no legal rights
Absolute monarchs
Where did The Storming of Bastille occur?
A fortress prison in Paris?
What did John Locke accomplish during his rule?
Published the Two Treatises of Government, emphasizing the importance of human rights.
Define Enlightened Despots
Absolute monarchs who applied certain enlightenment ideas
What did the French Revolution accomplish?
True or False: Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for racial equality.
False, she Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, fighting for equality among all genders.
Define Philosophe
Enlightened thinkers (French word for "philosophers")?
True or False: The American Revolution was a key event for the development of the United States.
True
What occupation did Voltaire have?
He was an author and playwright.
Meaning of "laissex faire"
"Leave it alone"
Great Britain and its 13 North American colonies