Pesky Vocab
the belief that a monarch's authority comes from God
What is divine right?
He argued that the free market should be allowed to operate and regulate business.
Who is Adam Smith?
Due to this, women lost a lot of their new rights under the rule of Napoleon.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This person took over after the Directory and crowned himself emperor.
Who was Napoleon?
He was known for his cruelty, modernizing his country and improving infrustructure.
Who is Peter the Great of Russia?
This a term for the Russian landowning nobility.
Who are the boyars?
He is best known for creating the encyclopedia.
Who is Denis Diderot?
During the French Revolution, women marched to Versailles and demanded this.
What is that the king would go back to Paris?
Led by Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety, this period led to 300K or more arrests and tens of thousands of executions.
What is the Reign of Terror?
When this group of people ran the country, the English could not dance, sing or see theater in public while also dressing modestly. They did believe in education for all.
This a word meaning the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
He believed that people entered a social contract to escape their "brutish" life. He also believed that absolute monarchy was the best form of government to ensure an orderly society.
She wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen" believing that women should have all the same rights and opportunities as men.
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
This is where the Third Estate leaves and agrees to write a constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This ruler opened a warm-water port for Russia, which they took from Poland. She became ruler after her husband was assassinated...which she may or may not have been involved in.
Who is Catherine the Great of Russia?
This is a name for French Protestants. They were massacred on St. Bartholomew's Day.
Who are the Huguenots?
He believed that the best way to protect liberty was to divide the various functions and powers of government among three branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
This was triggered when Maria Theresa's dad died and she was next in line for the Hapsburg throne, even though they had promised her dad they would.
What is the War of the Austrian Succession?
This is a strong feeling of pride and devotion to one's country. This spread throughout France.
What is nationalism?
This ensured Parliament's superiority over the monarchy. It also solidified many rights of the citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This is a government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
He is an example of an enlightened despot who abolished serfdom, ended censorship, and sold unused monastery land in Austria.
Who is Joesph II of Austria?
She was an enlightened despot who exchanged letters with Diderot and Voltaire. She abolished torture and granted religious tolerance for Muslims and Christians. (But not Jews)
Who is Catherine the Great of Russia?
This was written by the National Assembly and established a limited monarchy.
What is the Constitution of 1791?
This English king was the first ruling monarch to be tried and executed by their own people.
Who is Charles I?