The Philosophes
Believed that people naturally had rights to life, liberty, and property. His writings would heavily the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
His writings in the popular Common Sense advocated for liberty from Britain.
Thomas Paine
This conflict between Britain and France catalyzed the movement towards revolution in the American colonies.
Seven Years War
July 4, 1776
This document inspired by the Philisophes championed for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness among other natural rights.
Declaration of Independence
What were a few reasons why factories owners hired women and children?
They could be disciplined & paid much cheaper than men.
Author of Candide, he inspired the ideas for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and judicial reform
Francois Marie Arouet - Voltaire
An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection
Celebrated as the Liberator, this figure freed Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru from Spanish rule.
These three classes vied for power and representation in Spanish held territories in the Americas.
Creoles
Mestizos
This revolution led to increased productivity and food production
Agricultural revolution
Believed people were selfish and should be ruled by a monarch; wrote the book called Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
A feeling of intense loyalty to others who share one’s language and culture; the idea that people who share a culture should also live in an independent nation state
Nationalism
These three "classes" made up the Estates General
Clergy
Nobility
Commoners
This figure led the movement towards independence in Haiti, and would later declare himself governor for life.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Each worker having a specific task is known as
Specialization of Labor.
Author of the The Wealth of Nations, he also denounced the practice of mercantilism and advocated for free trade.
Championed the idea of "Laissez-Faire or Leave alone economics.
Adam Smith
The belief that knowledge comes from sensed experience, from what you observe through your experience, including through experiments.
Empiricism
"He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States..."
A) Natural Rights
B) Social Contract
C) Separation of Powers
D) Popular sovereignty
C ) Separation of Powers
This document abolished the French system of Feudalism, and granted natural rights to the citizens of France
July 14, 1789
What were the conditions in which immigrants, women, and children would see in textile factories?
* Long hours
* Little Pay
* Dangerous conditions
* Everyone was expendable to make a profit
Also believed humans are born good; wrote about the social contract
Jean Jacque Rousseau
System of public or direct worker ownership of the means of production such as the mills to make cloth or the machinery and land needed to mine coal / harvest agriculture.
Socialism
During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?
Urbanization - the movement from rural farms to urban cities (typically in search of work / wages)
This general, would ultimately rise to power after the French Revolution and completely reshape the course of war and politics in Europe for years to come.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This figure created the steam engine which made production / mechanization widespread in Europe
James Watt