vocab
kings rule with total authority.
absolutism
wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
When the Third Estate arrived to their meeting place, it was locked, and they moved to a nearby tennis court, and vowed to stay until a constitution was drafted. This vow became known as what?
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate called themselves by what name after the Estates General?
National Assembly
William of Orange took over the English Throne from James II. This occurred without a battle or much bloodshed, resulting in this event being called what?
Glorious Revolution
form of government where king or queen powers are limited by constitution or law.
constitutional monarchy
led the Continental Army
George Washington
What was the Bastille?
An old fortress used as a prison and armory
The National Assembly abolished all of what that belonged to the nobles and clergy?
Legal Privileges
After Cromwell’s death, the New Model Army restored what?
monarchy
declared the freedom of the United States from Great Britain
declaration of independence
Felt the king was the center of the universe and gave himself nickname "Sun King"
Louis XIV (14th)
Peasant rebellions contributed to a vast panic known as what?
Great Fear
Louis XIV transformed a small hunting lodge into the Palace of Versailles, which became a symbol of what?
Power
Which foreign allies supported the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
French and Spanish
stated that every group in France had to pay taxes.
declaration of the rights of man and citizen
Rode on horseback warning colonists of approaching British troops
Paul Revere and/or William Dawes
The immediate cause of the French Revolution was what?
Collapse of French economy
When Louis XIV canceled the Edict of Nantes, French Huguenots (Protestants) fled the country which led to what?
Weakening economy
The American Revolution ended at the Battle of Yorktown with the signing of what?
Treaty of Paris
declared monarch could not suspend laws without Parliament’s consent.
English Bill of Rights
Led the "New Model Army"
Oliver Cromwell
Despite France’s economic problems, name one thing King Louis XVI (16th) and Marie Antoinette did what with France’s money?
Aided American colonists OR spent money on luxurious food, clothes, etc.
What form of government was built on the idea of exchanging land for services?
Feudalism
Parliament passed the Test act, specifying that only members of the Church of England could do what?
Hold civil and military offices