Absolutism
Many European nations believed that stability came from what
Absolute Rule
The period where Europeans began to challenge long held beliefs about the universe and humanity
Scientific revolution
An intellectual movement centered around logic and reasoning
The enlightenment
Things that inspired hate towards the monarchy
Debt, and heavy taxation
What was the battle that Napoleon Bonaparte won during his reign
Battle of Austerlitz
What system was the system were monarchs held total control
Absolutism
Instead of relying on tradition and religion, what did thinkers use to gain information
Observation and experimentation
The person who beloved and supported natural rights
John Locke
A symbolic act against the royalty
Storming of the Bastille
Who described the government as a social contract during the enlightenment
Thomas Hobbes
They thought absolutism was justified by what
Divine Right
who promoted/introduced the heliocentric model
Nicolaus Copernicus
What were natural rights
Life, liberty, and property
Which king was beheaded by Guillotine
King Louis XVI
what class was the target of heavy taxation during the french revolution
the third class
who was the king to expand their nation through costly wars.
King Louis XIV of France
who used a telescope to confirm the heliocentric theory
Galileo Galilei
Who defended freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
What was the period when many nobles were killed
Reign of terror
What law limited the monarch's power during 1689
English bill of rights
What did governments struggle with with their economies
A bankrupt government
Who did not like the scientific revolution and persecuted scientists
The church
What was paper that challenged the church's authority and promoted reason.
Diderot's Encyclopedia
What was the name of the lawyer that helped take down king Louis XVI
Robespierre
What year did Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power.
1799