Enlightenment
The English philosopher and writer who believed that a strong central government was needed in order for a country to be successful. He liked the idea of having one ruler with total power over the people. He also liked the idea of a monarchy and did NOT like the idea of separation of powers.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
The outdated social system in France before the French Revolution
What is the ancien regime
The medieval torture device used during the Reign of Terror
What is the guillotine
The leader of the Haitian Revolution
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture
The term used by absolute monarchies to justify their power
What is divine right
the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
What is a Social Contract
The upper/middle class within the third estate
Who are the Bourgeoisie
What are the Jacobins
The majority of the Haitian population
Who are the enslaved
The French king who made nobles live in his palace in order to control them
Who is Louis XIV
The Enlightenment Philosopher who inspired Thomas Jefferson the most when writing the Declaration of Independence and co-writing the Declaration of Right's of Man and Citizens
Who is John Locke
The legislative body formed by the third estate as a result of being locked out of the estates-general meeting
What is the National Assembly
This action by Napoleon led to his downfall
What is the invasion of Russia
The French colony in the new world that was France's most profitable colony
What is Haiti
The Russian czar who aimed to westernize and modernize Russia
Who is Peter the Great
The French writer and philosopher who believed in freedom of speech and religious tolerance. He also believed in a separation of church and state.
Who is Voltaire
The quote "born and remain free and equal in rights”. “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression” comes from this document
what is the Declaration of Right's of Man and citizens
The code of laws based on equality & religious tolerance for people
What are the Napoleonic codes
The French military leader who tricked Toussaint L'Ouverture by promising to meet on good intentions but ended up kidnapping him to a French prison
Who is Napoleon
What is the palace of Versailles
The idea of "No taxation without Representation" was supported up by this enlightenment ideal
What is popular sovereignty
The meeting with the Absolute Monarchies in Europe to discuss how to bring stability back to Europe
What is the Congress of Vienna
The feelings of strong loyalty to one’s nation
What is nationalism
The Haitian military leader who took over after Toussaint L'Ouverture death's, leading the country to independence in 1804
Who is Jean-Jacques Dessalines
This French ruler refused to allow French Protestants to leave the country. He promised that those who remained could worship privately, free of persecution, but never kept the promise. Their churches were torn down, their gatherings forbidden, their children made to attend mass.
Who is King Louis XIV