Enlightenment
He believed people were generally good and that democracy was the best form of government.
Who is John Locke?
The workers and the peasants made up this social class.
What is the Third Estate?
What is the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon crowned himself ________________in 1804, which led to him taking over most of Europe.
What is emperor?
The radical political party that led the Committee of Public Safety.
Who are the Jacobins?
He thought governments should have checks and balances, and separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
The absolute ruler of France at the beginning of the French Revolution.
Who was King Louis XVI?
Created by the National Assembly in 1789, this document laid out the goals of the Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Napoleon's birth place.
What is Corsica?
He believed in free speech, press, religion, and equality.
Who is Voltaire?
The term that describes the basic privileges with which all people are born.
What is Natural Rights?
The legislative advisory committee called to order for the first time in 175 years.
The storming of this prison on July 14, 1789 is considered the beginning of the Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This was the site of Napoleon's final battle; afterwards, he was exiled for a second time.
What is Waterloo?
This was the agreement made by the third estate after it had been locked out of debates with the first and second estate.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
According to Thomas Hobbes, people give up their rights to a government in order to receive protection. Once they enter into this agreement, people cannot question their government.
What is the Social Contract?
The three characteristics of an absolute ruler.
What is belief in rule by divine right, no checks and balances, complete authority?
The final government of the French Revolution.
What is the Directory?
Name the two islands Napoleon was sent to after abdication and his defeats.
What is Elba and St. Helena?
She believed that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Name two ways the Enlightenment led to the French Revolution.
Answers will vary
ex. French citizens desired equal treatment, natural rights, wanted more democratic practices, like freedom of speech and press.
Explain three causes of the French Revolution.
Answers will vary.
The ideals of the Revolution: Liberty, ______________, _____________.
What is liberty, equality, and fraternity (brotherhood)?
Napoleon made a colossal mistake when he invaded this country, leading to a loss of 600,000 men.
What is Russia?
This Enlightenment thinker believed that individual self-interest should be sacrificed at times for the general will/good of the nation.
Who is Rousseau?