French Revolution
What was the cause of the French Revolution?
Unfair Tax System
Issac Newton
Gravity
Which estate in French society had to pay all the taxes to the King?
3rd Estate
Copernicus
Heliocentric
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
Make a new constitution
Ptolomy
Geocentric
In what aspects were the American and French Revolutions comparable to the Glorious Revolution
Changed ideas about the rights of citizens and the limits of government
What type of economic system allows for private ownership of business and establishes a social structure of rich, middle class and poor? This support entrepreneurs?
Capitalism
“Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.” —Maximilien Robespierre, 1794
Guillotine
What type of economic system is consistent with the government owning and operating the means of production thus eliminating the wealthy and having an equal distribution of wealth?
Socialism