Absolutism
What is total control of government and society called
Absolutism
The time period when people were influenced to question prior teachings
Scientific revolution.
what are the natural rights
life, liberty, and property
What estate made up over 90% of the French population
3rd
Why did the Articles of Confederation create a weak governemt
What is the Divine Right
Authority given "Directly from God".
Without having to do with the church ideas
secular
who believed in natural rights
John Locke
Who was the King sentenced to execution
King Louis XIV
What limited government power in England
English Bill of Rights
Which king overused the divine right
King Louis XIV
Galileo Galilei
What is the Enlightenment centered on
reason, logic, and natural laws
What was the prison that peasants stormed
Bastille
Who led the Reign of Terror
Robespierre
What weakened Spain in the 17th century
Bankruptcy in the government.
Who introduced the heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus
What did Volitare defend
freedom of speech and religion
Who rose to power in 1799
Napoleon Bonaparte
equality and fair taxation
What is an enlightened despot
an absolute monarch that adopts enlightenment ideas.
The Scientific Revolution resulted in Europeans to think which way
secular/ questioning the church
What is the style based on enlightenment ideas called
Neoclassical
What was one of Napoleon Bonaparte's biggest victories
Battle of Austerlitz
who was the Lord Protector following the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell