Philosophe-ically
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This monarch wrote to many of the philosophes and believed the resources of the state could be used to benefit both the monarchy and the public
Who was Catherine the Great?
These were nobles and supporters of Louis XVI who fled France for their own safety after the revolution
What are emigre?
This event was an attempt to apply logic and reason in our understanding of the physical world
What is the scientific revolution?
A violent revolt to illegally take control over a government
What is a coup d'etat?
What is capitalism?
The idea that people give up some rights to a government who then protects those rights in return
What is the social contract?
The event where rioters broke into French prisons and killed 1000 priests and nobles
What are the September Massacres?
A system of government where power is split between the federal and state governments
What is a federal system?
The belief that government should take a "hands off" approach to regulating businesses
What is laissez faire?
This thinker believed people were born bad and needed a strong government to ensure the social order
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
The richest members/subclass of the Third Estate (bankers, factory owners, lawyers)
Who are the bourgeoisie?
This battle was Napoleon's final and permanent defeat
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
This document was the first constitution of the United States of America
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The economic system where the means of production are owned by the government and used "for the benefit of all"
What is socialism?
He believed governments should be guided by the "general will" of society
Who is Rousseau?
Term describing how people are born at birth before they are influenced by society
What is state of nature?
The sugar and coffee rich country that experienced a slave riot against France; Napoleon was unable to take it back
What is Haiti (or Saint-Domingue)?
This was a system of laws established by the Emperor of France to ensure social order, economic stability, and to solidify the emperor's power
What is the Napoleonic Code?
The economic system where workers take over the means of production themselves and use them to benefit everyone in society equally
What is communism?
This philosophe was against torture and believed punishments should fit the crime
Who is Cesare Beccaria?
Belief system where people favored feeling, nature, and the past over reason, manufacturing, and the present
What is romanticism?
This battle resulted in the loss of half of the French naval fleet to the British under Admiral Horatio Nelson
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
The great powers of Europe came together to discuss rebuilding Europe after Napoleon's reign as emperor
What is the Congress of Vienna?
In Marx's Communist Manifesto, he separated two warring classes: the bourgeoisie (the upper, richer class) and this lower class of workers/laborers
What is the proletariat?