People
Thinking Things
French Revolution
Vocabulary
Super Stuff
100
She writes A Vindication on the Rights of Women pushing for women's rights.
Mary Wollstonecraft
100
The name of the place the French peasants stormed in 1789 to start the French Revolution?
The Bastille
100
This device would chop off your head during the French Revolution
Guillotine
100
The rights that everyone has, that they are born with.
Natural Rights
100
American Revolution began with the Declaration of Independence, principally authored by this man:
Thomas Jefferson
200
This man initiated the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Maximillien Robespierre
200
This monarch would get in the mindsets of his people by going undercover and visiting his people. He eventually donated tons of land to them and put an end to serfdom.
Joseph II
200
French Revolution began on what DATE?
July 14, 1789
200
This "blank slate" idea was proposed by John Locke... otherwise known as?
Tabula Rasa
200
This child prodigy of the arts... a symphonic prodigy... of music?
Mozart
300
He published The Wealth of Nations in 1776, arguing for economic prosperity and laissez faire.
Adam Smith
300
What is THE MOST MAJOR "cause" of the Enlightenment?
The Scientific Revolution
300
The name for the period of tension that was filled with 40,000 beheadings in a year and continuous bloodshed.
Reign of Terror
300
When enlightened thinkers, scientists, mathematicians, philosophes, and others get together to discuss and talk about ideas.
Salons
300
This monarch was a huge fan of Voltaire, and she pushed for enlightenment principles in her ruling of of Russia, abolishing torture and promoting religious toleration.
Catherine the Great
400
This man writes/publishes Candide in 1759 (poking fun of people) and Letters Concerning the English Nation in 1726 (for religion).
Candide
400
You could say an EFFECT of the French Revolution was that this emperor came to power through nationalistic principles.
Napoleon Bonaparte
400
This big event, occurring somewhere other than France, gave inspiration to the French during their own rebellion...
American Revolution
400
A style of art, with huge, grand, ornate, darker items... often religious, or even military battles, that showed a grand massiveness.
Baroque
400
If I edit out, prevent something from occurring, or burn books, alter parts of a written work, and the like... I am performing this type of act, OFTEN PERFORMED BY CHURCHES AND GOVERNMENTS.
Censorship
500
This man's novel, Leviathan, argued that man was comparable to savage beasts.
Thomas Hobbes
500
What are some effects of the Enlightenment?
Religious toleration, less monarchy, more democracy, enhanced thinking, prospering economic growth...
500
The name of the King & Queen who were executed during the French Revolution.
King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette
500
The nickname for the upper 3rd estate. Filled with doctors, professors, lawyers, etc.
Bourgeoisie
500
When the Russian military fled from Napoleon, they utilized this military tactic in their retreat:
Scorched-Earth Policy