He said people are "Nasty and Brutish" by nature so they give up some rights so the government can protect them from themselves and each other.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
100
These were the three wars that contributed to the debt crisis in 18th century France.
What are The War of Austrian Succession, The Seven Years War and The American Revolution.
100
These (group of people) marched to Versailles and effectively put the King and Queen under arrest after hearing rumors they were hoarding bread.
What are Peasant Women?
100
This Member of "The Mountain" gained executive power as the head of The Committee of Public Safety.
Who is Robespierre?
100
Napoleon's invasion of this country led to his decline.
What is Russia?
200
His Enlightenment ideas were the "inspiration" for Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
200
The Seven Years War is often called the real 1st world war because it was fought in these places. (name 2)
What is the European coastal waters, North America, India, Caribbean?
200
This prison and armory in Paris was the site of the violent start to the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
200
This was Louis XVI fate due to the Revolution.
What is beheaded?
200
This was Napolean's agreement with the Catholic church
What is the Concordat of 1801?
300
This thinker railed against the corruption of the church and its role in France's government.
Who is Voltaire?
300
This group paid the majority of taxes in the Ancient Regime
What is the Third Estate (Wealthy Merchants)
300
The Third Estate renamed themselves this when they claimed to be the new legislative branch of France's govt.
What is The National Assembly?
300
This "tool of death" represented equality in the eyes of some of the more radical revolutionaries.
What is the Guillotine?
300
This Haitian revolutionary leader was captured by Napoleon's soldiers after he sent them to regain control of the once profitable sugar colony. He would later die in a French prison.
Who is Toussant L'Overture?
400
This Philosophe focused on the equality of all citizens. He also penned the book titled after Hobbes big idea.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
400
Bad weather for consecutive years in the 1770's caused the price of this French food staple to quadruple.
What is Bread?
400
This Estate represented the Bourgeoisie.
What is the Third Estate.
400
This declaration, later overturned by Napoleon, added fuel to a difficult situation in France's only profitable colony leading to a revolution for independence.
What is outlawing Slavery?
400
These two Enlightenment ideals were codified under Napoleon and helped secure the support of both the peasantry and the nobles.
What private property and equality under the law?
500
This Enlightenment thinker believed that the economy would produce the most wealth if it were left completely free from government interference.
Who is Adam Smith?
500
Louis XVI thought this group, hand picked by his advisors, would "rubber stamp" his financial plan but they said no, mostly because of the part where France would write off a significant portion of their debt!
What is The Assembly of Notables?
500
Fear of this country trying to re install the King led to the National Assembly declaring war on them. Their king was also the brother of Marie Antoinette.
What is Austria?
500
This was the executive office of the last constitution in the radical phase. They were originally appointed by the National Convention but were deposed when they refused to recognize free elections that replaced most of them.
What was the Directory?
500
This gathering of European leaders re-established and in some cases established new borders in continental Europe as well as installed a Bourbon Monarch on the throne of France to rule under a constitutional monarchy.