French revolution
The main cause of the French revolution
what is the French monarchy
What was the kings name during the time of the French revolution
Who was king Louis XVI
What was the Enlightenment?
What was a range of ideas centered on the sovereignty of reason and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals. (such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state.)
Who were some people of the Enlightenment?
Who was Cesare Beccaria, Denis Diderot, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Hugo Grotius, Baruch Spinoza, and Voltaire.
(you did not have to list all of them considering there are many)
What was the outcome of the French revolution?
The French ended up with another ruler who crowned himself emperor. Even though that was what they were trying to get rid of.
How King Louis XVI died
What is a guillotine
Who was king Louis XVI's wife
Who was Marie Antoinette
What are six main ideas of the Enlightenment?
What was deism, liberalism, republicanism, conservatism, toleration and scientific progress. (Many of these were shared with European Enlightenment thinkers, but in some instances took a uniquely American form.)
Who was a famous philosopher who's first name started with a J that helped with the Enlightenment?
Who was John Locke. (Although he helped in the Enlightenment, John Locke had a major impact on thoughts during the French revolution as well.)
A time period were mass public executions took place
What is the reign of terror
What English philosopher's motto could go along with the French revolution?
Why is the Enlightenment important?
It was thought during the Enlightenment that human reasoning could discover truths about the world, religion, and politics and could be used to improve the lives of humankind.
Who started the age of enlightenment?
Who is Isaac Newton. (Isaac Newton published his “Principia Mathematica” and John Locke his “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” two works that provided the scientific, mathematical and philosophical toolkit for the Enlightenment's major advances)
What inspired the French revolution?
What was the Enlightenment and the American revolution. (influenced by the British political system, inspired by the American Revolution and shaped by local grievances.)
Who took control of France after king Louis XVI died
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte. (He was a French statesman and military leader who led many successful campaigns during the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars, and was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again briefly in 1815)
What were some of the most important effects of the Enlightenment?
What was people began to question their religious beliefs. Enlightenment thinkers fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief and freedom of speech. (ect.)
Who's thoughts and ideas about government went against John Lockes?
Who was Tomas hobbes. (Hobbes believed that the only true and correct form of government was the absolute monarchy. He argued this most forcefully in his landmark work, Leviathan. This belief stemmed from the central tenet of Hobbes' natural philosophy that human beings are, at their core, selfish creatures.)
What were the three social classes of the french called?
What is the the First Estate clergy; the Second Estate nobility; and the Third Estate commoners. (The king was considered part of no estate.)
Who was a famous Genevan philosopher, writer and composer who helped shape aspects of the French revolution?
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, AS WELL AS aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought)
How does the Enlightenment affect us today?
What was the Enlightenment helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. (It also gave us modern schooling, medicine, republics, representative democracy, ect)
What is your favorite Enlightenment idea?
There is no correct answer to this as long as it is an Enlightenment idea!