Important Documents and Thinkers
This document stated that governments were formed to protect each individual's rights.
The Declaration of Independence
The three of these led to direct inequality between the groups.
Estates.
The people of France raided this prison believing there were weapons inside.
The Bastille
How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the government of the United States?
Many ideals of Enlightenment philosophers were incorporated in the U.S. founding documents
The Declaration of Independence influenced this important French document.
Declaration of the Rights of Man.
This replaced the Estates-General as representatives for the people of France.
The National Assembly.
This person thought the only way to achieve a "republic of virtue" was through the use of terror.
Robespierre
What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?
John Locke
The scientific revolution inspired thinkers of the...
Enlightenment
The battle at Waterloo was this generals final defeat.
Napoleon.
Napoleon outing the Spanish King in 1808 led to...
rebellion in Latin America
The idea of separation of powers in the Constitution was borrowed from Enlightenment thinker
An absolute monarchy is the best form of government according to
Thomas Hobbes
Which French ruler was known for asserting he was the source of his own authority?
Napoleon.
The machine used to behead people during the French revolution, which was last used by the French government in 1977 was called the...
Guillotine
Adam Smith believed in a free market where the government didn't interfere. This became the term
Laissez-faire