Scientific Revolution
What were the causes of the Scientific Revolution?
What is...
- Curiosity and Exploration
- Technological Advancements
- Humanism
What ideas advanced the social reform of the Enlightenment?
What is...
- The challenges to traditional social structures
- The natural rights
What caused France’s financial crisis?
What is...
-King Louis XVI's lavish spending
- The debt from the war with American colonies
What was the Reign of terror?
What is...
- A violent period in France of mass execution
What was Locke’s view on the government and natural rights?
What is...
- Only a powerful government can ensure social order
- Absolute Monarchy
- People are inherently evil
What were the effects of the Scientific Revolution?
What is...
- Impact on Thought
- Influence on the Enlightenment
- Broader Impacts
What ideas advanced the political reform of the Enlightenment?
What is...
- The separation of powers
What was the Estates General? Why was this meeting called?
What is...
- It was a meeting called of all three estates to find a solution to the debt.
What were the causes of the Reign of Terror?
- Fear of invasion
- Fear of the previous absolute leadership
- The rise of the Jacobin Political Party
What was Montesquieu’s view of government and natural rights?
What is...
- The separation of powers.
What were the influences of the Scientific Revolution on the Enlightenment?
What is...
The foundation for questioning and established ideologies.
What was the Enlightenments influence on the American and French Revolutions?
What is...
- Freedom and Self determination (A)
- The call for political and social change (F)
How the tennis court oath give rise to the National Assembly?
What is...
- It signified the third estates promise declared to not split until a new French Constitution was written.
What was the leadership during the Reign of Terror?
What is...
- Danton and his Jacobin Political Party
- Maximilien Robespierre
What was Hobbe’s views on the government and natural rights?
What is...
- The Leviathan
- In favor of absolute monarchy
What were the natural rights?
What is...
- Life
- Liberty
- Property
What was the first, second, and third estate?
What is...
- Clergy
- Nobles
- Peasants
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
The third estate declared a promise of a new constitution and fair and equal rights.
What killed most of the people of France during the Reign of Terror?
What is...
- The guillotine
- Speaking about wanting the old absolute monarchy
What was Rousseau’s view of government and natural rights?
What is...
- The social contract
- People being in their natural state is essentially good
Name three inventions during the Scientific Revolution...
What is...
- The Printing Press
- The Microscope
- The Lightbulb
Who were people of the Enlightenment?
Who is...
- Voltaire
- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Montesquieu
- Adam Smith
Who led the French during the French Revolution?
Who is...
- King Louis XVI
- Marie Antoinette
Who is...
- The Committee of Public Safety
- A group of people led by Maximilien Robespierre
What was Napoleon?
What is...
-First Consul
-Emperor