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Monarchs claimed this belief to justify holding absolute power.
What is DIVINE RIGHT?
The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Tea Acts were disliked by American colonists because of this common complaint.
What is TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION?
The Qing Dynasty began once this group of people invaded Ming China from the north.
Who are the MANCHUS?
Tokugawa Ieyasu's founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate unified Japan, starting the Edo Period and ending this tumultuous period of Japanese history.
What is the WARRING STATES PERIOD?
Versailles was once home to France's royals and their subservient nobles, but they were forced to move after this early event of the French Revolution.
What is the WOMEN'S MARCH ON VERSAILLES?
This English Enlightenment thinker once said that "no one should harm another person in his natural rights to life, liberty, and property."
Who is JOHN LOCKE?
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of this successful slave rebellion.
What is the HAITIAN REVOLUTION?
Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty enforced policies like travel bans to Manchuria and the queue hairstyle mainly for this purpose.
What is ESTABLISHING CULTURAL DISTINCTIONS AND DIVIDES BETWEEN THE MANCHU AND HAN CHINESE?
The Tokugawa Shogunate literally took power away from the emperor in this strategic move.
What is MOVING THE POLITICAL CAPITAL FROM KYOTO TO EDO (TOKYO)?
Robespierre and the Jacobins targeted alleged counter-revolutionaries during this period of the French Revolution.
What is THE REIGN OF TERROR?
John Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government around the time of this bloodless revolution.
What is the GLORIOUS REVOLUTION?
These were some of the lasting consequences of the Haitian Revolution.
What is INSPIRING ABOLITIONISTS or WEAKENING EUROPEAN COLONIALISM or FRANCE DEMANDING REPARATIONS FROM HAITI...?
Rapid population growth in the later years of the Qing Dynasty led to these problems, which themselves led to the dynasty's eventual downfall.
What are RESOURCE SHORTAGES, INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY, and GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION?
The Tokugawa Shogunate's alternate attendance system required daimyo to live part time in Edo, giving the shogun this political advantage.
What is FORCING DAIMYO TO SHOW THEIR LOYALTY AND SPEND MONEY ON TRAVEL?
After Napoleon's coup of the French Directory in 1799, many of his new reforms were targeted toward this main goal.
What is STABILIZING FRANCE WHILE REDUCING CIVIL LIBERTIES?
This witty Enlightenment thinker once said that "those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
Who is VOLTAIRE?
Napoleon had a significant impact on Latin American Revolutions for this reason.
What is NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, WHICH WEAKENED COLONIAL CONTROL.
In both China and Japan, peasants were placed above artisans and merchants in the social hierarchy because of this common belief.
What is CONFUCIANISM BEING ANTI-PROFIT SEEKING / FOOD PRODUCTION BEING VALUED?
The Tokugawa Shogunate followed this kind of foreign policy, which allowed for cultural preservation but led to technological stagnation.
What is ISOLATIONISM?
Following Napoleon's defeat and (first) exile, European powers assembled at the Congress of Vienna to discuss this new plan for organizing Europe.
What is RETURNING ORDER TO EUROPE BY RETURNING TO CONSERVATIVE MONARCHIES?
Enlightenment ideas still impact today for this major reason.
What is ENLIGHTENMENT INFLUENCE ON LATER LAWS, CONSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES, ETC.?
Miguel Hidalgo's peasant uprising in Mexico was at first opposed by creoles. However, creoles did join the revolutionary movement later on, allowing for this adjustment to the resulting social hierarchy.
What is PENINSULARES REMOVED, CREOLES FORM THE UPPER CLASS, LOWER CLASSES REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM?
The Ming and Qing Dynasties of China were fairly different but had many things in common. Find two similarities between the governments or societies of either dynasty.
What are CONFUCIANISM, CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS, ISOLATIONISM, SOCIAL HIERARCHY, etc.?
The Tokugawa Shogunate placed restrictions on the performance and subject matter of kabuki theater. What is your favorite thing about kabuki theater?
What is YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT KABUKI THEATER?
The French Revolution was very closely connected to the revolutions before and after it. Recall one such revolution and explain how it would not have happened without the French Revolution (or the other way around).
What is A FREE RESPONSE QUESTION?