Absolutism
This type of government is defined as a monarch with unlimited political control
Absolute Monarchy
What are the four atlantic revolutions
American, French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions
What intellectual movement emphasized reason, natural rights, and questioning traditional authority?
The Enlightenment
What was one major reason European nations started exploring sea travel
Quicker trade routes to Asia, Wealth, glory, etc.
"It is not wisdom, but authority that makes a law"
Thomas Hobbes
Belief that the power to rule came directly from God
Divine Right
What document declared that the American colonies were independent from Britain?
What are rights that people are believed to be born with, such as life, liberty, and property?
Natural Rights
What European country sponsored Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage?
Spain
"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself"
John Locke
Which French king famously said, “I am the state” and became a symbol of absolute monarchy?
King Louis XIV
What event in France in 1789 is often considered the beginning of the French Revolution?
The Storming of Bastille
What idea says that government gets its power from the people?
What was the name for the exchange of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe/Africa?
Columbian Exchange
"He [The President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur..."
United States Constitution, Article II, Sec. 2
Baron de Montesquieu
4 tools that rulers used to maintain total control
Royal Bureaucracy, Armies, Taxes, extravagant palaces
What was the main goal of the Haitian revolutionaries?
Independence from France and to Abolish Slavery
Which Enlightenment thinker argued for separation of powers between branches of government?
Which explorer's expedition was the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
who believed in freedom of speech/religion
Voltaire
who did we do the case study on in the first week of school?
King Louis XIV
Name the two Latin American revolutionary leaders, and what areas they liberated
Simon Bolivar (N) and Jose San Martin (S)
What economic idea promoted free markets, limited government involvement in the economy, and 'Hands off' economics?
Laissez-Faire
name two push/pull factors (At least one from each)
Push: Long routes, dangerous routes, and expensive.
Pull: wealth, land, glory, and to spread christianity.
Name TWO Enlightenment ideas that challenged absolutism and explain how each one limited government power.
Natural Rights, Limited Government, Sovereignty, Separation of Powers, Free Market, and Social Contract