French Revolution 1
What type of government was there in France in the 16th and 17th centuries?
Absolute monarch
Who developed the concept of natural rights and stated that all human beings have the right to “life, liberty, and property"?
John Locke
Who developed the heliocentric theory?
Copernicus
What were the Three Estates and who did each estate represent?
1st Estate: Clergy
2nd Estate: Nobility
3rd Estate: Peasants and the middle class
After the king was executed, what type of government did France have?
a Republic
Who were king and queen of France in 1789?
Louis XVI (16) and Marie Antoinette
Who said that all men are created equal?
Locke
Who proved Copernicus' theory using his telescope?
Galileo
What was the purpose of the National Assembly?
To create a government that would represent all French People.
What is the class system in France called?
The Estates
Who wrote about the idea of religious tolerance?
Voltaire
Who developed the law of gravity?
Isaac Newton
Where did European leaders meet to bring a balance of power and peace to Europe?
Vienna, Austria
What was the 1st event of the French Revolution (the spark?) and why did it happen?
The storming of the Bastille
Who made up the 3rd Estate and what percentage of the population were they?
Everyone but the clergy and nobles - 97%
Who believed that free trade and free market were best for the economy of countries?
Adam Smith
What are these 6 steps called? "Make an Observation. Form a Question. Form a Hypothesis. Conduct an Experiment. Analyze the Data Draw a Conclusion."
Scientific Method
The most radical and ruthless of the political groups who took over the French government and wanted to erase all traces of the old order.
What is 1 of 3 events that happened during the Reign of Terror?
1) constitution was suspended 2) spies looked for anti-revolutionaries and 3) mass execution by the guillotine
Why did Louis XVI call together the Estates General for the 1st time in 175 years?
He needed more money to pay the country's debts and proposed to tax the nobles and clergy.
Who believed that people are born good but then society ruins them?
Rousseau
What two philosophers developed the scientific method?
Bacon and Descartes
How many people died from the guillotine during the terror?
Almost 17,000 died during the year of the terror.
The execution of Robespierre