Enlightenment
A period of time when philosophers and writers used reason to answer political questions.
What was the Enlightenment?
Who were educated people who thought deeply about the world around them?
What were philosophers?
What is the name of the giant Palace built by Louis XIV located just 15 miles outside of Paris?
What is Versailles?
Who was the leader of the radical group during the Reign of Terror?
Who was Robespierre?
Name 2 positive things Napoleon did for France.
What is created a fair tax system, created public schools, and fired corrupt public officials
This Enlightenment Philosopher believed that people were naturally good and entitled to life, liberty, and land.
Who was John Locke?
This philosopher supported a Social Contract between the people and their government/leader
Who was Rousseau?
What was the name of the social class system used in France before the Revolution?
What was the Estate System?
Which group of people were left out of the declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
Who were the women?
Which Italian Unification figure was referred to as the Sword. He led a group that was called the Red Shirts
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
This Enlightenment philosopher believed that people should have certain rights such as the freedom of speech or expression.
Who was Voltaire?
This philosopher actively participated in getting the British government to outlaw slavery
Who was Wilberforce?
The Estate System was broken into how many estates?
What is 3?
What is the name of the device used to execute people during the Reign of Terror?
What was the guillotine?
Which German Unification leader used the policies of Realpolitik and Blood and Iron?
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
This Enlightenment philosopher believed in the separation of powers and 3 branches of government.
Who was Montesquieu?
An authoritarian leader who used Enlightenment ideas to rule their people.
What was an Enlightened Despot?
Which Estate had the most people in it and paid almost all the taxes?
What was the Third Estate?
What is the name of the event that occurred when the people of France raided a prison in search of weapons?
Hint: France's Independence Day
What was The Storming of the Bastille
Which Latin American leader led several slave revolts in Haiti. He was a former slave who taught himself to read and write.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture
This Enlightenment philosopher supported women's rights
Mary Wollstonecraft
The name given to a Monarch who ruled with unlimited power?
What is an Absolute Monarch?
Who was in the First Estate? (Mrs. B's Group)
Who are the Clergy?
Who was the leader of France during the French Revolution?
Who was King Louis XVI?
This Latin American leader fought for Venezuelan Independence. The country of Bolivia was later named for him
Who was Simon Bolivar?