Absolutism to Constitutionalism
A ruler with all the power.
What is absolutism?
This Enlightenment Thinker is known for women's rights.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
The U.S. Bill of Rights is what type of source.
What is a primary source?
Ignoring the rights of citizens, treason, and execution are major events for this leader.
Who is Louis XVI?
This country was not allowed to trade goods with Europe?
What is Britain?
This king became ruler of England as a result of the Glorious Revolution.
Who is William of Orange?
Montesquieu is known for what idea.
What is separation of powers or checks and balances?
This country was in control of the American colonies.
Who is Britain?
Each estate was given one vote in this government.
What is the Estates-General?
What is the Congress of Vienna?
This document was created in 1215 to limit the power of King John II.
What is the Magna Carta?
What is freedom of speech and religion?
This was the first Act passed that upset the American colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
The Reign of Terror contradicted ideas from a group of thinkers.
What is Enlightenment thinkers?
In this document, Napoleon restored the rights of the Revolution, provided equality and religious toleration, and abolished serfdom.
What is the Napoleon Code?
This document gave more power to parliament and officially reduced the monarch's power.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Rousseau's idea of a Social Contract is a contract between two groups.
What is the government and its citizens?
This Act gave parliament the right to make any laws without the consent of the colonist.
What is the Declaratory Act?
These are the causes of the French Revolution.
What is an abuse of the Third Estate, the mismanagement of France, and the American Revolution?
This was the result of the Battle of Waterloo for Napoleon.
What is exiled to St. Helena?
Who is William of Orange?
Cesare Beccaria is known for what TWO ideas.
What is innocent until proven guilty and fair punishment?
What two Enlightenment Thinkers impacted the Declaration of Independence the most?
This document ensured the rights of all citizens.
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man and it's Citizens?
What is scorched-earth policy?