Revolutions
This revolution was led by enslaved people in the Caribbean.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This thinker believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
This French king was executed during the French Revolution.
Who is Louis XVI?
The Industrial Revolution began in this country.
What is Great Britain?
The belief that people have rights simply because they are human.
What are natural rights?
This revolution resulted in independence from Britain and created a republic.
What is the American Revolution?
This thinker argued for separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
This Russian ruler modernized Russia and built St. Petersburg.
Who is Peter the Great?
This invention sped up textile production.
What is the spinning jenny?
An agreement between the people and their government.
What is social contract?
A major cause of the French Revolution was this economic problem.
What is debt/tax inequality/financial crisis?
This Enlightenment thinker supported freedom of speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire?
This Prussian ruler supported Enlightenment ideas and education.
Who is Frederick the Great?
This inventor made major improvements to the steam engine, making it more efficient and widely used.
Who is James Watt?
A system where power is divided among different branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
This leader took control of France after the revolution, bringing stability but ending the democratic phase.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This thinker believed in the “social contract.”
Who is Rousseau?
This Russian empress expanded territory and supported Enlightenment ideas.
Who is Catherine the Great?
As factories grew during industrialization, many people moved from rural areas to cities in a process known as this.
What is urbanization?
The belief that a monarch’s authority comes directly from God.
What is divine right?
This leader, often called the “Liberator,” helped lead independence movements across much of South America.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
This woman argued for equal education for women.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
These rulers attempted to apply Enlightenment ideas while keeping power.
What are enlightened despots?
This production method, used to make the Model T, made goods cheaper and faster to produce.
What is the assembly line?
A ruler who keeps absolute power but tries to apply Enlightenment ideas.
What is an enlightened despot?