The Enlightenment
Women have the ability to reason; they should have the same rights as men.
What are the ideas Feminism?
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Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Laws taxing the colonists, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts, and no representation in Parliament.
What are the factors Leading to the American Revolution?
Clergy, Nobility, and Everyone else.
What are the 3 Estates?
Lead the French army through numerous victories throughout Europe, defend France’s new government and quickly became a national hero, and through a coup d'etat, Napoleon became the leader of the new French government,
Who is Napoleon?
All people are born free and equal with 3 natural rights: Life; Liberty; Property.
What are the ideas of Natural Rights?
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Who is John Locke?
Declared the Thirteen Colonies as independent sovereign states, outlined grievances against King George III, asserted certain natural and legal rights, served as a formal explanation for the Revolution.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Inequality among the French people, government over spending and debt, and weak leadership.
What are causes of the French Revolution?
Equality for all male citizens, provided a clear accessible set of laws, severely restricted women's rights, and did not allow people to have better opportunities just because they were born wealthier and with status.
What are the Napoleonic Codes?
Society would be more peaceful if people had freedom of religion and tolerance of those who had different beliefs.
What are the ideas of Voltaire?
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Who is Voltaire?
"The shot heard around the world"
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The Enlightenment, The American Revolution, questioning of society structure, and new views about power and authority.
What influenced The French Revolution?
War with Britain & other European nations in which France had domination over Europe and when the ideas of legal equality, religious toleration, & economic freedom spread.
What are the Napoleonic Wars?
Separation of powers would keep any individual group from gaining total control of the government.
What are the ideas of Montesquieu?
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Who is Montesquieu?
People began to look at the world in a more secular way, Helped form future governments and economies, and become a force for change & revolution.
What are the effects of The Enlightenment?
A human rights document from the French Revolution influenced by Enlightenment philosophers and the American Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
The battle Napoleon is defeated, abdicates his throne, and is exiled a second time.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
If individuals were free to pursue their own economic self-interests, all society would benefit.
What is the idea Adam Smith?
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Who is Adam Smith?
The Constitution & Bill of Rights changed people’s ideas about government, A government based on Enlightenment ideas was introduced, weakened Great Britain’s power throughout the world, and sparked the French Revolution.
What are the effects the American Revolution had on foreign nations?
A violent phase of the French Revolution created to defend France from domestic threats, used mass executions and purged political enemies.
What is the Reign of Terror?
European rulers tried to restore the old order, tried contain the forces of change that the French Revolution unleashed, and rearranged Europe to keep any one country from dominating Europe.
What is the Congress of Vienna?