Enlightenment
This thinker believed every person were born with natural rights
John Locke
These type of people made up each estate
clergy 1st estate, nobles 2nd estate, commoners/peasants 3rd estate
This thinker everyone had the right to voice their opinion
Voltaire
This estate paid the majority of the taxes
3rd estate
People during the Enlightenment started to use this __________, in order to figure out the right type of government
Reason
This absolute monarch made unjust laws and led France into debt.
Louis the 16th
Montesquieu believed the government should be broken up into these three branches to keep powers separate but equal
legislative, judicial, executive
This stage of the French Rev led by Robespierre led to thousands of deaths
Reign of Terror
Rousseau believed individuals should agree to to go under this ___________
social contract
This document called for the following rights fro all citizens:
a. Men are born and remain free
b. Innocent until proven guilt
c Equal taxation
Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen