Enlightenment
Terms
Terms
“To let do”; the belief that the state should not interfere in the economy
Laissez-faire
Discovered the universal law of gravitation
Isaac Newton
The only French Estate required to pay taille
Townspeople
The founding document of the United States
Declaration of Independence
The belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
Rationalism
16th/17th century mathematician who used a telescope to discover mountains on Earth’s moon, 4 moons around Jupiter, and sunspots; was criticized by the Catholic Church for Copernican ideas about the universe
Galileo
Constitutional monarchy
Political ideology that promotes Enlightenment ideas of limited government and the protection of civil rights
Classical liberalism
A system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers
Enlightened absolutism
18th century philosopher responsible for the idea of separation of powers
Baron Montesquieu
One way the Committee of Public Safety implemented de-Christianization
Revolutionary armies closed and looted churches, "saint" was removed from street names, a new calendar was created starting with the first day of the French Republic
Political ideology that promotes maintaining monarchies and traditional religion
Conservatism
Scientific method
16th/17th century scientist who discovered a law regarding liquids and pressure and used this law to invent the syringe and hydraulic press
Pascal
French king beheaded by revolutionaries
Louis XVI
Define civil liberties
God-given rights that all people are born with
A form of government in which power is shared between the national and state government.
Father of modern rationalism; responsible for idea of separation of mind and body
The police of great European powers to send armies into countries where there are revolutions in order to restore monarchies