Absolutism
Absolute monarchy was established in Spain by the powerful rule of this king after whom a colonial nation is named.
Who is Philip II?
The concept that human beings have certain 'natural' rights that cannot be taken away from us was theorized by this man.
Who is John Locke?
The passage of the act increased taxes on the American colonies to pay off Britain's war debts.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is the island on which Napoleon Bonaparte was born.
What is Corsica?
James Watt's invention of this device kickstarted the industrial revolution by making machine power portable.
What is the steam engine?
The 1688 overthrow of James II, which led to Parliament's control of Britain instead of absolute monarchy, is known as this.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
What is Leviathan?
The two countries which joined the Thirteen Colonies' war against Britain.
What are Spain & France?
Napoleon's greatest and most famous victory came at this battle against Austria and its allies.
What is the Battle of Austerlitz?
The increased agricultural output of the industrial era was kickstarted by the invention of this machine.
What is the seed drill?
A concept that argues that Christians cannot question their king because the king is chosen by God.
What is Divine Right?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea that society is based on an agreement that people will follow the laws when treated well by the government.
What is the social contract?
The concept of natural law, represented by freedom of speech and religion, was included in this document implemented by the new United States in 1789.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The system of laws instituted by Emperor Bonaparte to modernize France and which he spread to other nations during his wars.
The German socialist thinker who argued that industrial society could only be improved when the lower working classes rose up to seize power from the upper class.
Who is Karl Marx?
The "Enlightened Despot" who ruled Russia brutally while embracing culture, art, and learning.
Who is Catherine the Great?
The Enlightenment thinker who was imprisoned and then exiled from France due to his criticisms of the monarchy.
Who is Voltaire?
The type of government established in the United States.
What is a federal republic?
The group from which Napoleon seized power in a coup in 1799.
What is the Directory?
This group believed that industrial society could be improved through conservative reforms, such as minimum ages for factory workers.
What are utilitarians?
An economic system which developed out of colonialism and contributed to absolutism by making monarchy much wealthier.
What is mercantilism?
Montesquieu believed that, in addition to separation of powers, the different powers of government needed to be able to limit one another, a concept known as this.
What is "Checks & Balances?"
During the French Revolution, the Third Estate established this government for France after the breakdown of the Estates-General.
What is the National Assembly?
The island on which Napoleon Bonaparte died in 1821.
What is St. Helena?
The "Second Industrial Revolution" of the late 1800s largely replaced coal with this superior fuel source.
What is oil/petroleum?