Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was kick started by this movement
The Scientific Revolution
Called himself the Sun King and said "L'etat c'est moi"
Louis XIV
Storming of the Bastille
A legal document which outlines the laws and procedures that a nation’s government must follow
Constitution
He believed a powerful absolute monarch was needed to instill fear and awe in people, otherwise anarchy would persist
She was the wife of Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
This was period of treachery and serious political unrest where 40,000 people were beheaded on accusations of not supporting the revolution
The Reign of Terror
This was the execution device used throughout the revolution
The Guillotine
Montesquieu thought a separation of powers was essential in government so power could be controlled through a system of...
Checks and balances
He led the Committee for Public Safety, which oversaw the Reign of Terror
Maxmillien Robespierre
Members of the 3rd Estate locked out of their meeting place made this promise to continue meeting and form a constitution
The Tennis Court Oath
This term refers to the religious basis for an Absolute Monarch's power being derived from God's will
The Divine Right of Kings
He believed that people were born as a "blank slate" and society shaped them into what they become
John Locke
He was a political activist and Jacobin who was murdered in his bathtub
Jean Paul Marat
Due to increasing social unrest Louis XVI had to call a meeting of this governmental body.
The Estates General
This term describes the wealthy upper middle class of the Third Estate
Bourgeoisie
The name of Thomas Hobbes' book about Absolute Government
The Leviathan
Military leader who overthrew the directory
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Directory
Name for the system of political, social and economic order in pre-revolutionary France
The Ancien Regime