Absolute Monarchs
Which statement best describes the impact of the English Bill of Rights?
It limited the power of the monarchy.
__________ is considered the key to the enlightenment known for his quote "life, liberty, and property."
John Locke
John Locke influenced the American Revolution through his ideas about
Natural Rights
Prior to the French Revolution, which group was considered part of the Third Estate?
Merchants, Peasants, Farmers, Businessmen
Which leader’s ideas of imperialism and militarism brought stability and order to revolutionary France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
This was the theological belief which justified the absolute power and authority of the monarch through the position’s connection to the direct will of God.
Divine Right of Kings
Which cultural development had the greatest effect on these events?
Some Features Common to the American
Revolution and French Revolution
• Establishment of basic human rights
• Replacement of monarchy with a republic
• Elimination of aristocratic privileges
The Enlightenment
What were colonists most angry at the Monarch for?
Placing taxes on them
What does this lead to:
-Enlightenment Ideas
-Abuses of the Monarchy
-Success of the American Revolution
The French Revolution
Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British economy was called the
The Continental System
What is one reason why Absolute Monarchies rose in Europe?
The church lost power after the Reformation.
The Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment thinker who argued that a just government had its powers separated into three different branches. What made this structure of government appealing to supporters of democratic ideas?
It kept any one part of government from having too much power.
Why were the colonists beings taxed?
Britain had a huge debt to pay from the French and Indian War.
A consequence of the radical stage of the French Revolution was the
execution of the King.
Which factors protected Russia from control by Napoleon’s army?
geographic size and location
What king became France's most powerful ruler and boasted "I am the state"?
Louis XIV
This Enlightenment thinker wrote many essays, fictional works, and plays criticizing absolute monarchy, religious intolerance, and social inequality. He spent time in prison and lived in exile for much of his life. His ideas influenced leaders of the American and French revolutions. Who was he?
Voltare
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper.
The Stamp Act
Which event was a defining moment of the Radical Stage of the French Revolution?
the Reign of Terror
Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was
given only to those Napoleon favored.
What resulted from the Glorious Revolution in England?
England became a limited monarchy.
Helped create the first set of theories which asserted the necessity of a government to prevent anarchy. Created Social Contract Theory.
Thomas Hobbes
The Declaration of Independence is an example of...
a Social Contract
What was the Reign of Terror?
Mass executions of enemies of the Revolution.
What term best describes Napoleon Bonaparte’s ability to unify the French people by appealing to a strong sense of French identity?
Nationalism