Absolutism
The system where monarchs have absolute power.
Absolutism or Absolute Monarchy
A period where Europeans began to challenge the church.
The Scientific Revolution
The intellectual movement centered on reason, logic, and natural laws.
The Enlightenment
What led to the French Revolution?
Debt, the people starving, bad leadership, etc.
What Netiflix movie did Luke Eisner star in?
Tall Girl
The belief that monarchs were chosen by God to rule
Divine right
What tool did Galileo Galilei use?
Telescope
Diderot's Encyclopedia
What prison was stormed?
Bastille
What is their top song?
Figure You Out
What ideas did rulers try to adopt to modernize their rule?
Enlightenment ideas
What did Galileo provide evidence for?
A contradiction to the geocentric model.
A person that believed that all people were born with natural rights, including life, liberty, and property, and that governments existed to protect these rights.
John Locke
Who led the Reign of Terror?
Maximillien Robespierre
Who are the two members of Voila?
Luke Eisner and Gus Ross
What were the rulers that tried to adopt Enlightenment ideas called?
What did Nicolaus Copernicus discover?
The heliocentric model
Someone who strongly defended freedom of speech and religion.
Voltaire
Who rose to power after the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Where are they from?
In what country and during what century did financial troubles cause a bankrupt government?
Spain; 17th century
What century did this take place?
18th century
Desribed the government as a social contract
Thomas Hobbes
What country did Napoleon fail to conquer?
Russia
Where did they meet?
USC Thornton School of Music, on the first day of class