Enlightenment
Name an enlightened thinker that stated humans were born as a "blank tablet" meaning they had the potential to do good and argued people could overthrow their government if needed
John Locke
King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
Napoleon's ____________ victories allowed him to rise to power
military
What two countries colonized most of South America?
Spain and Portugual
What was one advantage of globalization?
spread of food, ideas, resources
a philosophe that advocated for women's rights
Mary Wollstonecraft
List two causes of the French Revolution
1) social class division/third estate taxed and little voting power
2) deficit spending
3) king had little experience
Who crowned Napoleon emperor?
Napoleon
Which social class led the majority of revolutions in Latin America?
creoles
What is the difference between a constitutional monarchy and an absolute monarchy?
constitutional - has parliament, people have some say and a king/queen
absolute monarchy - only king/queen has power, no constitution
Joseph II and Catherine the great are examples of ________________ because they were absolute leaders that still listened to the philosophes
enlightened despots
During the tennis court oath, delegates swore they would meet till they had a ________
written constitution
What code made all citizens equal in the eyes of the law?
Napoleonic Code
Who was known as the liberator?
Simon Bolivar
What is an enlightened despot?
ruler with absolute power (a despot) who embraces Enlightenment ideals, such as the rights and liberties of individuals, and chooses to use their absolute power to better the lives of average citizens
the agreement between a ruler and the people about rights, freedom and protection
social contract
Robespierre tried to crush opposition to the revolution which resulted in thousands of bloody deaths in a time period known as __________-
the reign of terror
Which country did Napoleon try and appoint his brother as king but was met with resistance?
Spain
Who led the first successful slave revolution? Where?
Francois Dominique Toussaint L'ouverture Saint-Domingue (Haiti)
Put the following events in chronological order:
1. Reign of Terror
2. Start of Globalization
3. Start of French Revolution
4.John Locke wrote Two Treatises of Government
Globalization
John Locke
Start of French Revolution
Reign of Terror
Why did enlightened thinkers often face censorship?
challenged government and society
Who killed Marat and why?
Charlotte Corday because she believed that he was going against enlightened ideals and harming France
What was the continental system?
What was the concordat of 1801?
Continental system - Napoleon's strategy to weaken Britain by blocking trade
Napoleon bringing back the Catholic Church after the Reign of Terror
Order the class system and say who made up each class?
Peninsulares - European
creoles - South American born, European ancestry
mixed races - European/African and/or European Native American ancestry
Native Americans - South American ancestry
Enslaved peoples - African ancestry
At the start of the year we discussed longitude and latitude. What is the name of the coordinate where the prime meridian and the equator intersect?
Null Island