Renaissance
French Revolution
Enlightenment
100
The term Renaissance means
Rebirth
100
French prison, the sight of the official beginning of the French Revolution
Bastille
100
The idea that people are born with basic rights of life, liberty, and property
Natural Rights
200
This playwright, wrote numerous plays but his biggest contribution was adding words to the English language
Shakespeare
200
The French middle class
Bourgesise
200
The idea that people give up their individual rights when they enter into a society
Social Contract
300
The Renaissance began in which European country?
Italy
300
Famous meeting where members of the 3rd Estate promised to always meet until they could form a new constitution
Tennis Court Oath
300
Believed that people were basically good and reasonable
John Locke
400
The idea that the sun is the center of the Universe
Heliocentric
400
Government made up of representatives chosen by the people
Republic
400
Believed people were cruel, violent, and evil; and that government needed to control them
Thomas Hobbs
500
The split between the Eastern and Western church was caused by a disagreement over the use of "graven images" called?
Icons or Iconoclast controversy
500
Political club turned radical group that helped lead the revolution.
Jacobins
500
Came up with the idea of 3 branches of government, and the idea for checks and balances
Montesquieu
M
e
n
u