Enlightenment
Natural Rights are...
Human Rights we all are born with
Absolutism
Who was the philosopher who influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence? Life, Liberty, and Property.
John Locke
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What new way to execute someone was invented during this time?
Guillotine
What is it called when Kings rule based on power from a higher being?
Divine Right
Who was the King of England at the time of the American Revolution?
King George III
This philosopher was a controversial figure who had his books burned by the French Government and Catholic Church.
Voltaire
What were Colonists frustrated with towards the British?
Taxation and No Representation
The first two estates in France consisted of what groups of people?
Monarchs, Nobility, and Clergymen
What is it called when people get their power from the people, not a higher power?
Popular Sovereignty
After England's Glorious Revolution, England became...
A Constitutional Monarchy
He was a philosopher who supporter strong rulers such as absolutism.
Thomas Hobbes
After what event were the colonists taxed heavily?
French and Indian War
The Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre, is called such because...
It killed many people; era of stability
In the Social Contract we all give up some freedoms in exchange for...
Protection, structure, etc. from the government
What French King and Wife were executed via the guillotine?
King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
He brought back the idea of Separation of Powers.
Montesquieu
Why was the Boston Massacre labeled a "massacre?"
To encourage Colonists to support independence
What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
To provide Stability in Europe
Enlightenment ideas motivated the writing of two founding documents of countries. What were they?
Declaration of Independence/US Constitution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Of Citizen
The most powerful economic policy of this time called for limited government involvement in business affairs. What is this economic policy?
Laissez-Faire
Perhaps the trickiest of the five, this person argued that people are born with a clean state and that civilizatin corrupts them
Rousseau
The American Revolution inspired the French. How so?
By giving the French people a model of how to succeed with a Revolution.
How did Napoleon come to power? What happened to him in the end?
Coup; by force. Exiled to an island off the coast of Africa.