form of government where one royal person has absolute control
What is absolute monarchy?
Time period
What is the 1500's through the 1700's
When
What is mid 1600's to late 1700's?
Who were the Clergy?
Queen of France
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Who the rulers believed gave them the right to rule
Who is God?
two things scientist based their conclusions on
What are observation and reason?
They challenged the power of Catholic Church and absolute monarchs.
Who are philosophers?
Who were the nobles
King of France at the time
Who is Louis XVI?
person who rules in an absolute monarchy (monarch, king, prince, etc.) Absolute Monarch or an ____
What is an autocrat?
Scholars who studied the natural world
What are natural philosophers?
He made the foundations of science as we know it by showing that the universe was governed by physical laws that could be discovered using observation and reason
Who is Newton?
Third estate
Who were the Middle class, peasants, and city workers
the center of political power in France from 1682 until 1789.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
“The king is from God, and law is from the king. "is a quote by whom.
Who is King James I of England
experimentation, observation, evidence, and working with other scientists to confirm results
What is the scientific method?
The way many absolute monarchs consolidated and maintained their power
What is punishing those who opposed them and questioned their right to rule?
The Estate that owned the least amount of land
What is the Third Estate?
The cost of this could equal a month's wages
What is bread?
This book explained the source and proper exercise of political power to young King Louis XIV’s son, Louis.
What is Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture?
Medicine in the middle ages was based on this?
What are humors?
What is the printing press?
The estate that paid the taxes
What is the Third Estate?
blank warrants for arrest that could arbitrarily imprison anyone without trial for an indefinite period.
What are lettres de cachet