The Age of Enlightenment Thinkers
He believed in the Social Contract - promoted checks and balances.
Who is Rousseau
These three things are the motivation for colonization.
What are God, Gold and Glory?
Private ownership of business and industry.
What is Capitalism?
Had an impact on the US Government. Known as the French Bill of Rights. Protected individual freedoms.
What is the Declaration of Rights and Man (1789)?
the XVI King of France who had a short reign and was put to death by Guillotine.
Who is King Louis XVI?
He believed in Separation of Powers - civilization corrupts people.
Who is Montesquieu?
The voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
Economic policy based on self-sufficiency. Favorable balance of trade.
What is Mercantilism?
1. Clergy, church officials
2. Nobles and Upper Class
3. Peasants, Working Class, Bourgeoisie
What are the Three Estates?
Member of the revolutionaries who built the Republic as part of the Committee on Public Safety. Beheaded because he tried to become a dictator.
Who is Robespierre?
He believed in Philosophe - promoted free speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire?
Dirty, poor food, poor ventilation, cramped quarters.
What are the conditions aboard the slave ships?
Obtain as much Gold and Silver as possible.
What is one of the goals of Mercantilism?
Poor Leadership
Economic Crisis (Financial Breakdown)
High Taxes
What are the causes of the French Revolution?
Uniform code of laws for France and all countries ruled by France.
What is the Code of Napoleon?
He supported the Natural Rights of life, liberty and property.
Who is Locke?
Network of Slave Trade which went from Europe-Africa-Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Export more than you import.
What is one of the goals of Mercantilism?
1st violent act of the French Revolution sparked the revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
1. The Continental System
2. The Peninsular War (Invading Spain)
3. The Invasion of Russia
What are the mistakes that led to Napoleon's demise?
He believed in the Court (Judicial) System, and Social Order.
Who is Beccaria?
Atlantic and Indian Oceans
What are sea routes for trade?
The government does not get involved in this economic system.
What is Capitalism?
The new constitution was signed by the 3rd Estate when it was locked out of the Estates General.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
A gathering of diplomats who decided to restore royal families to their thrones, take land back from France, divide up land to make countries equal in power.
What is the Congress of Vienna?