Ancien Régime
This political system was the primary characteristic of the Ancien Régime, where the King held legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
Absolutism
This intellectual movement developed in France during the 18th century, characterized by the belief that reason is the only way to understand the world.
Enlightenment
The year the United States Declaration of Independence was passed by the 13 colonies.
1776
This economic policy of the Ancien Régime measured a country's wealth by the accumulation of precious metalsthrough trade.
Mercantilism
This aristocratic, refined, and frivolous art style began in the first half of the 18th century in France, often decorating small salons
Rococo Art
This type of economy, defined by rudimentary techniques and low yields, was characteristic of the Ancien Régime.
Agrarian Economy
This French philosopher advocated for the separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
Montesquieu
The year that the French Revolution began, which is often considered the end of the Modern Period.
1789
This 18th-century economic policy, supported by Quesnay, believed a nation's wealth was based on land (agriculture and mine)
Physiocracy
This art style, begun in the second half of the 18th century, was characterized as bourgeois, austere, and rational, imitating Greek and Roman models
Neoclassical Art
This was the collective name for the unprivileged tiers of society in the Ancien Régime, which included peasants and urban groups.
The Third Estate.
This Enlightenment theorist believed that sovereignty or power resides in the citizens, guided by the general will of the people
Rousseau
This Spanish war began in 1701 after Charles II died without an heir, leading to a conflict between the Bourbons and the House of Austria.
War of the Spanish Succession
This modern economic policy, supported by Adam Smith, regulates itself by the law of supply and demand.
Liberalism
The Prado Museum in Madrid, designed by Juan de Villanueva, is an example of this Spanish architectural style.
Neoclassical Art
This term was used by French revolutionaries to describe the political situation before the French Revolution
The Ancien Régime
This massive publication was a new communications medium that helped spread Enlightenment ideas throughout Europe
The Encyclopedia
This Spanish document, known as "La Pepa," was passed in 1812 during the Spanish War of Independence
Constitution of Cádiz
In the 18th century, this system of leaving part of the land uncultivated was replaced by crop rotation to increase yields.
Fallow system
This social group became enriched due to economic activities and was the main force demanding a political role and leading the French Revolution
The Bourgeoisie
This term describes the division of Ancien Régime society, where membership was determined by birth, creating "privileged" and "unprivileged" classes
Stratified society
This political concept is defined as reconciling Absolutism with the progressive ideas of the Enlightenment, encapsulated by the phrase, "Everything for the people, nothing by the people"
What is Enlightened despotism
The 13 colonies formed an army under the command of this man to fight in the War of Independence.
The 13 colonies formed an army under the command of this man to fight in the War of Independence.
This new method of production was also called cottage industries, where peasants worked in their homes with a boss providing materials and wages
Home working
This 19th-century artistic movement focused on love of freedom, individualism, and the expression of feelings, visible in works like La libertad guiando al pueblo
Romanticism