Enlightened Thinkers
Social contract theorist who believed people made an agreement to give up certain liberties for laws and order.
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightenment Thinkers base there beliefs on what two things:
power and privilege
religion and The Bible
their instincts
reason and logic
reason and logic
What is the governing body of England called
Parliament
Who was our king who was beheaded at the end of the civil war?
Charles I
Who wrote the Encyclopedia
Diderot
Believer in the three natural rights.
John Locke
Three natural right are:
Life, Liberty, Property
What are the two bodies of Parliament?
House of Commons and House of Lords
What were the names of the two sides of the English Civil War?
Cavaliers and the Roundheads
What is an Enlightened Monarch
a method of ruling in which an absolutist monarch uses their powers of government to establish enlightened policies
Believed that the people should have freedom of thought, expression, and religion
Voltaire
What is divine right theory
the belief that authority to rule comes from God.
Who came to the thrown during the Glorious Revolution.
William and Mary
Who took charge after the civil war?
Oliver Cromwell
What is an aristocrat
an elite of a society
Believed that the government should have a “separation of powers” in order to maintain a balance of power.
Montesquieu
Describe the social contract:
we the people agree to give up certain individual freedoms to allow a leader to maintain power but in return we receive law and order.
What document limited the powers of the monarchy?
English Bills of Rights
What was Oliver Cromwell's government style called?
Military dictatorship
Who are two of our three enlightened monarchs. Give me one thing two of the me did that was Enlightened.
Cathrine the Great, Fredrick the Great, Joseph II
Believed that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the “general will” of society
Rousseau
The three roles of the government when it comes to laws are:
Make, enforce, and interpret the law
Why is it called the Glorious Revolution
Because they went from an absolute monarch to a limited with no bloodshed/conflict
Who came to power after Oliver Cromwell? What do we call this event (bonus points: what do we call his monarch)
Charles II; The Restoration; The merry monarch
What are some things Cathrine the Great did that we would call Enlightened: (3)
Corresponded with Voltaire
Offered to print Diderot’s Encyclopedia when it was banned in France
Standardized codes of laws and regulations
Emphasized education including schools for girls
First Russian dictionary – written by a woman
Built roads