Thinkers
This thinker has many ideas based on the rights of individuals
What is Rene Descartes
Russian monarchs were called
What is czars
France, like England, had to repay war debt. To figure out how, in May 1789, French King Louis XVI called
What is a meeting of the Estates
This thinker Scottish philosopher that supported the idea of laissez-faire in his work The Wealth of Nations (1776)
What is Adam Smith
This person ruled from 1682 to 1725 and loved Western Europe
Who is Peter I
The First Estate was a group of people called
What is the clergy
This thinker wrote about this idea in The Social Contract (1762)
What is Jean-Jacques Rousseau
She was the only woman to ever rule the 650-year-old dynasty
Who is Maria Theresa
What did the French citizens in Paris storm
What is the Bastille
A French philosopher who sought to explain human laws and social instructions in his work The Spirit of the Laws (1748)
What is Baron de Montesquieu
This dynasty ended after Elizabeth I’s death in 1603
What is Tudor dynasty
The French wrote a document called
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
This thinker disagreed with the idea of divine right of kings and believed that all people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property
What is John Locke
By 1646, the Roundheads had won and captured
Who is Charles I
Robespierre and the Jacobins ruled as dictators under the title of
What is the Committee of Public Safety