Kings
Smarties
Light Bulb
Fight the Power
Unify
100
A type of ruler that has total control and there are no limits on their power
Absolute ruler
100
A philosophical movement that emphasized reason and the scientific method
the Enlightenment
100
The story of Snow White written by the Grimm Brothers was used to promote what in Europe?
National Unity
100
The American, French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions are grouped together by being called the "__________ Revolutions"
Atlantic
100
Devotion and loyalty to one's own country and supporting it's interests
Nationalism
200
Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God
Divine right
200
Writers during the Enlightenment and who popularized the new ideas of the time.
Philosophes
200
Which revolution resulted in the people protesting and resisting the rise of taxes with the Stamp Act
American Revolution
200
Period during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"
Reign of Terror
200
First independent nation-state ruled by people of African descent
Haiti
300
Rights the government cannot take away
Inalienable rights
300
A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
constitution
300
Rule by the people
Popular sovereignty
300
Richest planation colony in the world which was structured around exploitation and enormous inequalities. Had an unstable social structure.
Haiti (Haitian Revolution)
300
Made up of different states to make this “alliance” system of German-speaking states
German Confederation
400
An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France.
Estates General
400
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Democracy
400
Enlightenment thinkers believed truth could be discovered for all aspects of the world.... what kind of law is this called?
Natural law
400
Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Deficit Spending
400
Many large empires were diverse, made up of different cultures, races, and religions. What are these empires called?
Multi-Ethnic
500
This king of France ruled for 60 years, referred to himself as the "Sun King". Ruled his country apart from Paris, mainly from his great palace at Versailles.
King Louis XIV (14)
500
The theory that government was created through the consent/agreement of the people to be ruled by the majority. (John Locke)
Social Contract
500
The French stole the American idea of rights for everyone and wrote a document about it (drafted by Marquis de Lafayette)
Declaration of Rights of Man
500
Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804 and by conquering Europe spread ideas of Nationalism along the way
Napleon Bonaparte
500
He was a leader in Prussia who pushed for more military spending and to go to war with France and eventually was successful on uniting Germany
Otto von Bismarck