The Enlightenment
Three characteristics of Enlightenment?
What are:
- Applied reason and sci method to the human world, as well as to the rest of the natural world
- Stimulated religious tolerance
- Fueled democratic revolutions around the world
Most famous Baroque composer
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
Name at least one of the causes of the French Revolution
a. New Enlightenment ideas of… freedom and rights from English writers like John Locke
b. American Revolution served as an example of freedom that they could copy
c. France was… broke from helping America in the revolution
d. Upper Class (nobles) paid no taxes , and commoners had no rights
Said, “I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it”
Who is Voltaire?
Wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman and focused on equal rights for women
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Mozart’s most famous work of classical music
What is Mozart’s Requiem?
This was the king during the French Revolution
Who is Louis XVI?
Wrote the Social Contract
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Believed that the government should have checks and balances, separation of powers and wrote the The Spirit of Laws
Who is Montesquieu?
This person wrote the Don Quixote
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
The People of Paris attack and conquer the Bastille on this day
What is July 14, 1789?
Wrote Two Treatises on Government
Who is John Locke?
True or false? Thomas Hobbes believed that in order to have a peaceful society people have to exchange some of their freedoms
True
This person painted "Liberty leading the People"
Who is Eugene Delacroix?
The leader of the new gov't in French after the revolution
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Writer of the first modern novel
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
Match the book with the author
Books: Authors:
- Social Contract - Thomas Hobbes
- Two Treatises on Government - Montesquieu
- Leviathan - John Locke
- The Spirit of Laws - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Two Treatises on Government - John Locke
Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
The Spirit of Laws - Montesquieu
4 technological advancements made during this time period
a. All weather roads improved year-round transportation and trade
b. New designs in farm tools increased productivity: ex. Steel plow
c. Agricultural revolution: used four fields, not three. They grew more crops and used less
people, thus people moved to cities and towns to find work.
d. Improvements in ship design lowered the cost of transport
What was the reign of Maximilien Robespierre called and how many people died?
Reign of Terror & 30,000 people
Rises to power during the French Revolutionary wars and becomes the First Consul
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?