Scientific Revolution
The Science Rev started during this century
16th
Another term for the enlightenment
Age of Reason or Age of light
King during the time of the rev
Louis XVI
This event took place on October 5 1789 and was caused by the high price of bread and food scarcity
Women's March
Idea based on agreed laws, not decree - a balance between government power and the rights of the people.
Key characteristic: Assemblies, freedom of press, expression, and freedom from arbitrary arrest (sovereignty lay with the people)
Constitutionalism
Explain the Heliocentric vs Geocentric view of the universe.
Heliocentric (current way) Belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
Geocentric (old way) Belief that the Earth is the center of the Universe.
A social gathering held to discuss ideas
Salon
What significant event happened on July 14 1789?
Storming of the Bastille
Name the Estates General and who each one was comprised of
Clergy (1st estate)
The Nobility (2nd Estate)
Third Estate (bourgeoisie and everyone else)
A non archical form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people
Absolutism
Renaissance astronomer and mathematician who discovered the idea that the Earth orbits the Sun.
Copernicus
This Enlightenment thinker said that life, liberty and property belonged to the people were the 3 rights that belonged to the people.
John Locke
Term for the wave of violence that was brought on by peasants thinking brigands and robbers were destroying crops and homes in the french countryside
Great Fear
This event was a pivotal moment of the French Revolution, in which King Louis XVI of France and his wife Marie Antoinette attempted to escape from Paris in 1791
The Flight to Varennes
Disassociation or separation from religious or spiritual concerns or worldly.
Secularization
French philosopher and mathematician who claimed the mind gives meaning to the universe.
He also stated " I think, therefore I am"
Decartes
This was an agreement between people of a society to abide by laws and accept punishment (if you live in a society, you agree to follow the rules). People agree to sacrifice some liberty in order to gain more protection.
Hint: document written by Rosseau
Social Contract
The governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 2 November 1795 until 9 November 1799
The Directory
A severe winter that resulted in famine and widespread starvation in the countryside. Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots.
Harvest of 1788
A political and economic system in which large land owners or lords gave land and
protection to people in return for their service to the land holder.
Feudalism
This mathematician discovered the laws of gravity, and invented calculus.
Isaac Newton
This enlightenment thinker believed in separating knowledge from faith and that all are fearful and predatory, so must submit to absolute power of state
Thomas Hobbes
She wrote the Declaration of Rights of Women
Olympe de Gouges
A vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
The middle class , including merchants , industrialists, and professional people
Bourgeoisie