Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was kick started by this movement
What is the Scientific Revolution, Renaissance, or Reformation?
He believed that people had natural rights and that the government protected those natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Due to increasing social unrest Louis XVI had to call a meeting of this governmental body.
What was the Estates General Meeting?
A theory that describes an agreement between a government and its people
What is a social contract?
Montesquieu thought a separation of powers was essential in government so power could be controlled through a system of...
What are Checks and Balances?
He believed a powerful absolute monarch was needed to instill fear and awe in people, otherwise anarchy would persist
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Members of the 3rd Estate were locked out of their meeting place made this promise to continue meeting and form a constitution
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
Name for the system of political, social and economic order in pre-revolutionary France
The Ancien Regime
Modern day coffee houses
What were Salons?
She was the wife of Louis XVI
Who is Marie Antoinette?
Took bread and flour from the King with Marie Antoinette saying "let them eat cake"
What was the Women's March?
A member of the Nobiles who opposes the King is a
What is a Dissident Elite?