Absolutism
During the age of absolutism.
What is monarchs looking to centralize political power in their nations?
This enlightenment thinker created the natural laws.
The women's suffrage movement was started by this person.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
Define Absolute Monarch.
What was a king/queen with complete control of government and country?
Mr. Freeman plays what Sports.
What is Football & Lacrosse
The god given right to rule.
What is Divine Right?
Author of The Prince, thought it was better to be feared than loved.
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
This person supported absolute monarchy, saying the social contract was people giving up rights to a strong ruler.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
Define enlightenment.
What was an European intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism toward traditional authority, advocating for scientific inquiry, liberty, and natural rights?
Define mercantilism.
What is an economic system focused on a nation increasing its wealth and power by exporting more goods than it imports?
King Louis XIV made nobles stay here.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
This enlightenment thinker thought of the ideas of freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and separation of church and state.
Who was Voltaire?
Baron de Montesquieu created the idea of___________.
What is separation of powers?
Define Scientific Revolution.
What was a transformative period from the late 16th to the 18th century characterized by a fundamental shift in scientific thought and methods?
A period of peace often accompanied by wealth, art, and architecture.
What is a golden age?
King Louis XIV became King of France at this age.
What is 4 Years old?
This person was arrested for his ideas about heliocentrism.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
The inventor of the improved telescope.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
Define Secular.
What was a separation between church and state?
The protestant reformation was ___________.
What was the reform of the catholic church into two separate branches?
The effect of countless wars and architectural projects made by King Louis XIV.
What is taxation and suffering of the poor?
Who was Jean Jaques Rousseau?
Name one idea of Rene Descartes.
Father of modern western philosophy
Created Cartesian coordinate system
Developed analytic geometry
“I think, therefore I am”
Key contributions: doubt as a method of inquiry, connecting algebra & geometry
The term comes from the idea where, "power comes from the consent of the governed".
What is social contract?
Define the western way of life.
What is democracy and capitalist economy?