Ab. Mon. S & F (A) - 3/11
What word means: The idea that a ruler’s authority came directly from God.
Divine Right
What word means: French Protestants of the 1500s and 1600s.
Huguenots
What word means: Series of acts passed to limit the monarchy and ensure the superiority of Parliament.
English Bill of Rights
What word means: A French thinker who desired reform during the Enlightenment.
Philosophe
What word means: Policy allowing businesses to operate with little or no govt. interference.
Laissez Faire
What word means: A law passed by the British parliament that imposed taxes in American colonies.
Stamp Act
What word means: Govt. in which power is divided between the federal govt. and the states.
Federal Republic
What word means: Everyone in France belonged to one of the three social classes.
Estates
What word means: When the govt. spends more money than it takes in.
Deficit Spending
What word means: A group within a larger group with diff. opinions than the rest of the group.
Faction
What word means: A member of a radical political club during the French Rev.
Jacobins
What word means: Device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading.
Guillotine
What word means: A ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue.
Plebiscite
What word means: To give up or step down from power.
Abdicated
How were monarchs expected to act?
For the good of the people
What kind of wars tore France apart?
Religious
When was Parliament consulted?
For important matters
Who favored a strong government?
Hobbes
Who believed the govt. had a duty to protect society and administer justice.
Adam Smith
Who did George III hire?
Who was in command during the Revolutionary War?
Washington
Who was in the First Estate?
The Clergy
What increased the food prices?
Lack of Food
What were the peasants fueled by?
Famine and Fear
What happened when outsider rulers turned against France?
Became more violent
What did Robespierre feel was necessary to protect the Revolution?
Terror
What did Napoleon do during his coronation ceremony?
Crowned himself
Where was Napoleon (and his army) brutally defeated?
Russia
Charles V ruled two areas in Europe...what did that lead to?
Constant warfare
Louis XVI built the strongest _________ in Europe
Army
Why did the Stuart monarchs class so much?
Religious differences
Who favored a limited government?
Locke
What were the common themes of paintings?
Battles and Saints
By the mid 1700s, there was much ___________.
Diversity
Who took the lead with writing the DOI?
Jefferson
Who was in the Second Estate?
The Nobility
What did the Third Estate call themselves?
The National Assembly
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man aimed towards?
Free Men
What happened to the king's guards?
They were killed
Under the efforts of the Directory, what recovered?
The economy
What did Napoleon encourage?
New industry
What happened once he was exiled?
He escaped
What church was Philip II the guardian of?
Catholic
What was the royal palace in France called?
Versailles
What did King Charles II restore?
The Church of England
How many branches of government did the philosophes create?
Three (3)
What was entertainment for the wealthy?
Opera and ballet
What did Parliament pass in the colonies?
New taxes
What document is the framework for a strong / flexible government?
The Constitution
Who was in the Third Estate?
Middle Class to Peasants
What did 800 citizens take over?
A Prison
Why were women imprisoned or executed?
If they protested
What did the radicals want to establish?
A Republic
What was dislodged during the Revolution?
Social Order
Which social classes supported Napoleon?
All of them
What did the Congress of Vienna want to create?
Lasting Peace
What country was Philip II's top enemy?
England
What kind of style became the model for all of Europe?
French
Who accepted the Bill of Rights?
William & Mary
What did Diderot write?
Who created religious music?
Composers
What did colonists think about the new taxes?
They were unfair
What ideas did the Constitution authors use?
Enlightenment
What kind of group was the Third Estate?
Diverse
What was Storming the Bastille a step towards?
Freedom
What did the women demand from the queen?
Bread
Why were Louis XVI and Marie Antionette executed?
For being traitors
What was brought under state control?
The Church
Which country greatly challenged Napoleon?
England
What was redrawn by the Congress of Vienna?
Map of Europe