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What is a form of government in which all power is vested in a single ruler or authority?
Absolutism
What sparked Latin American revolutions?
The desire to gain independence from foreign nations! Social contract theory!
Peter the Great MAINLY wanted to do WHAT for Russia?
Expand and modernize like Western Europe
What is the belief that God granted monarchs with the power to rule?
Divine Right
Which two Estates had the most power in France pre-revolution?
1st & 2nd
How did Napoleon become Consul and gain support for his actions?
Plebescite (must tell me what this is for the points!)
In the 1600s, what were your natural rights?
Life, Liberty, Property
What is a roundhead?
Parliament supporters during the English Civil War
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
How did Louis XIV (14th) control the nobles of France?
Moved them to Versailles to watch them
Describe the Tennis Court Oath.
The National Assembly (3rd Estate) was locked out of the Estates General and locked themselves in Louis XVI's tennis court and refused to leave until a constitution was written for France.
Describe the Tories.
Supporters of a hereditary monarchy after the English Civil War (bonus if you can tell me which monarch they supported!!)
- Controlling/regulating religion
- Using armies to take territory/control borders
- Control nobility
- Make laws
- Divine right!
Describe the Reign of Terror.
- Robespierre
- Committee of Public Safety/National Convention
- killed 30-40k via guillotine for being "counter-revolutionaries"
- over 300k imprisoned
What factors contributed to the French Revolution?
- Crop failure
- Bankruptcy
- Marie Antionette's lavish life
- Class differences (1st & 2nd Estate privileges)
- Aid to America for their Revolution
Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812. Why did he ultimately lose?
Which two men are credited for establishing freedom for Central and South America? And from which country?
Bolivar and de San Martin
Spain
Why is the Storming of the Bastille significant in the French Revolution?
FIRST OPEN ACT OF REBELLION/REVOLUTION IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION!!!
Who believed in social contract theory?
Thomas Hobbes
What was the final result of the English Civil War and Restoration?
A constitutional monarchy
How did the ideas from the English Revolution impact the American colonists?
Limited government - social contract theory
John Locke coined the idea of protecting people's...
Natural rights
Explain social contract theory.
The authority of the government comes from the agreement of the people - if the government violates that agreement, you as the people have the right to overthrow or replace it
What were the goals of the British, Russians, Prussians, and Austrians at the Congress of Vienna?
- Restrict French aggression
- Create a balance of powers in Europe
- Restore European ruling families back to the throne
How does a constitutional monarchy differ from an absolute monarchy? Which country is absolute, which country is constitutional?
- Absolute: France; Constitutional: England