Absolute Rulers
This King said “I am the state”. His policy of absolutism led to the building of Versailles as well as France’s debt.
Who is King Louis XIV?
This movement focused on individuals’ ability to reason (think for themselves) & inspired the quote “men are born & remain free & equal in rights”.
What is the Enlightenment?
27. The ______________ estate (97% of the population) paid the most taxes before the French Revolution.
What is the Third Estate?
This was the radical group that splintered off from the National Assembly.
Who are the Jacobins?
He supported Copernicus’ heliocentric theory and was put on house arrest by the Catholic Church
Who is Galileo?
This Russian Czar who was known for his ruthless policies & killing his own son.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
This man believed that all people had natural rights that included life, liberty and property.
Who is John Locke?
This was the main instrument of execution used during the Reign of Terror.
What is the guillotine?
_____________________________was the leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Published the law of universal gravitation & the Three Laws of Motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
To maintain control over Russian minorities this Romanov policy forced Russian culture on them.
What is Russification?
This was added to the U.S. constitution by the federaliststo protect people’s basic rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These were the two monarchs that were sent to prison and later beheaded.
Who is Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
The United States gained this enormous amount of land when Napoleon sold it to them.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
He created a fair tax code, public run French schools and a code of laws that was named after him. His ultimate downfall was the invasion of Russia
Who is Napoleon?
This English monarch’s death was revolutionary because it was the first time a reigning monarch faced a public execution and trial.
Who is Charles I?
___________________________________ wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women arguing for women’s educational and other civil rights.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Daily Double!!
This Estate walked out of the Estates-General Meeting and formed the National Assembly. What document did they issue and what type of government did they declare France to be?
What is the Third Estate, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and a Republic?
This was held after the defeat of Napoleon to restore balance (& monarchy) back to western Europe
What is the Congress of Vienna?
This concept works to unite people of the same ethnic group, or people who have the same beliefs. It can also cause persecution of certain groups
What is nationalism?
This Prussian Monarch was an enlightened despot who believed that monarchs should take care of their people.
Who is Frederick the Great?
Thomas ________________________ believed that men were “wicked and selfish” and needed to enter into a strict social contract with a harsh leader to protect themselves.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Once the blood had stopped flowing, this 5 man group took control of France.
What is the Directory?
France was attacked by surrounding countries during the radical phase of the French Revolution because they wanted to keep _________ from spreading.
What are revolutionary ideas?
In the Spanish Americas the Peninsulares & the _____________ were of European descent.
Who are the Creoles?