The Enlightenment
Unlike Baroque art, this artistic style focused on pleasure, elegance, and entertainment.
What is Rococo?
France helped the American colonists win independence by providing these supplies.
Weapons and military supplies
Napoleon's coup d'état in 1799 brought an end to this period.
The French Revolution
Napoleon benefited lower- and middle-class men by promoting government officials based on this quality rather than family background.
Ability or merit
This 1648 agreement ended the Thirty Years' War and recognized the sovereignty of more than 300 German states.
Peace of Westphalia
This Austrian ruler introduced religious reforms and worked to end serfdom.
Joseph II
James Madison incorporated Montesquieu's ideas into the Constitution to prevent this from happening to the government.
Tyranny
One major similarity between the American and French Revolutions was that both proved this type of government could be overthrown.
Monarchy
Napoleon's agreement with the ______ Church recognized this religion as the faith of most French people.
Catholicism
This English political philosopher believed that people needed an absolute ruler to maintain order and prevent chaos.
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightenment thinkers believed using reason could accomplish this overall goal for society.
Improving Society
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced many colonists to support independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Bad harvests and decreased manufacturing contributed to these widespread problems in France.
Food shortages
Compared to the radical French Revolution, Napoleon's Civil Code reduced rights and restricted their legal independence. What group experienced these restrictions?
Women
This French king used Cardinal Richelieu to weaken the political and military power of the Huguenots.
Louis XIII (13th)
Catherine the Great limited her Enlightenment reforms because she depended on the support of this powerful social group.
Nobility
John Locke's influence on the Bill of Rights can be seen through its protection of this individual right.
Property rights
Like the bourgeoisie, members of this privileged social class resented France's rigid social structure.
Napoleon expanded his Grand Empire by placing members of his own family in leadership positions in these territories.
Dependent states
This Russian ruler worked to westernize and modernize Russia by introducing European customs, technology, and military reforms.
Peter the Great
This women's rights advocate argued that women deserved equal rights because they had the ability to reason.
Mary Wollstonecraft
European intellectuals admired the American Revolution because it demonstrated the success of these political ideas.
The Enlightenment
The storming of this Paris prison symbolized the collapse of the king's authority in the city.
Bastille
When French soldiers refused to capture Napoleon after his escape from Elba, it demonstrated that he still had this among the French people.
Popularity
This scientist proved that the heart circulates blood throughout the human body.
William Harvey