French Revolution
Name the 3 classes of the Estates System
Clergy, Nobles and Commoners
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
A British Intellectual writer, philosopher and early feminist. Best known for her book 'A Vindication of the rights of woman' (1792)
Clergy
People who work for a church; In the catholic church these people include the pope, bishops, and preists
Who was Catherine II the Great?
Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 until 1796
What type of monarchy did King Louis XVI rule with?
Absolute Monarchy
What did Mary Wollstonecraft argue in A vindication of the 'Rights of Woman'?
All men and women had equal natural rights and that an ideal society could not be realized until women had equal natural rights.
Hierarchy
A system for ranking groups of people
Who led the Abolition of the slave trade in England?
Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce
What was divine right theory?
The belief that he had recived his power to govern from God and was responsible to God alone
During the time period of Womans Suffrage how were women perceived historically?
Women were expected to marry, have children and take care of the home
Vindication
Providing Justification
What was John Locke's idea for government?
Splitting the monarchy by 3 Separate branches
Why did the Commoners storm the Bastille?
To free political prisoners and to steal the gunpowder stored
What was 'A Vindication of the rights of Woman' Inspired by?
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord's 1791 report to the French Nation Assembly
Estates System
Social system in France before the French Revolution divded people in the first second, and third estates; the inequality in the estate system was one of the causes of the French Revolution
What are the three branches of government what the US uses, proposed by John Locke?
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
Who owned 25% percent of the land despite only being 1.5% of the population?
The Nobility
Second Estate also acceptable
What Century did Mary Wollstonecraft write 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'?
18th Century
National Rights
a right considered to be conferred by natural law
'James Madison…distinguished natural rights, such as life and liberty, from rights that are part of the compact between citizen and government—L. H. Tribe'
Voltaire
If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been?
Twenty one. Most people would think there were 42 handshakes. The first person shakes the hand of 6 others, the second person shakes the hand of 5 remaining people, the third person shakes the hand of 4 remaining people, the fourth person shakes the hand of 3 remaining people, the 5th person shakes the hand of 2 remaining people and the sixth person shakes the hand of 1 remaining person. 6+5+4+3+2+1=21