Revolution
Causes
Effects
Vocabulary
People
100
This group was a revolutionary assembly of the Kingdom of France formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (commoners) of the Estates-General and eventually joined by some members of the First Estate.
National Assembly
100
Which revolution was caused by the factors shown in this partial outline?
I. ______________________________
A. Bankruptcy of the treasury
B. Tax burden on the Third Estate
C. Inflation
D. Abuses of the Old Regime
French Revolution
100
“When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates [government officials], there can be no liberty; because apprehensions [fears] may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws to execute them in a tyrannical manner… .”
– Baron de Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws
Which solution would Baron de Montesquieu offer to avoid the enactment of tyrannical laws?
Separation of Powers in Government
100
This helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate.
What is the Social Contract
100
What was Olympe de Gouges is certainly a champion of?
Women's Rights
200
“…Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good….”
— Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution?
Natural Law
200
What does this picture below represent?
Division of Society/Split of Social Classes
200
Give me one major Effect of the French Revolution (Three possible answers)?
Fall of the monarchy, changes in society with the rise of the middle class, and the growth of nationalism.
200
This group made up of everyone else, from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie – the wealthy business class.
Third Estate
200
Who was Thomas Jefferson directly impacted by with his works and writings?
John Locke
300
Base your answer to the question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies:
…Finally, gather together all that we have said, so great and so august [important], about royal authority. You have seen a great nation united under one man: you have seen his sacred power, paternal and absolute: you have seen that secret reason which directs the body politic, enclosed in one head: you have seen the image of God in kings, and you will have the idea of majesty of kingship.
God is holiness itself, goodness itself, power itself, reason itself. In these things consists the divine majesty. In their reflection consists the majesty of the prince….
— Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
Which philosophy of government is expressed by this quotation?
Divine Right
300
What device was used to punish people during the French Revolution?
Guillotine
300
“The French Revolution is most important for having changed subjects to citizens.” This shift went from divine right to what with government
People could now participate in government.
300
This group consisted of the nobility of France, including members of the royal family, except for the King.
Second Estate
300
Speaker B: I promoted culture with my support of the arts. Unfortunately, I drained my country’s treasury by building my palace at Versailles and involving my country in costly wars. Who is this?
Louis XIV
400
“We swear never to separate and to meet wherever circumstances require until the kingdom's Constitution is established and grounded on solid foundations.” What document is this quote from?
Tennis Court Oath
400
“The…relationship was essentially a contract between lord and vassal which was defined and enforced by mutual agreement...It was assumed that lord and vassal had a common interest: the welfare of the fief.”
– Sidney Painter
Which political system is described in this quotation?
Feudalism
400
What was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary 'suspects' between September 1793 and July 1794.
Reign of Terror
400
This group of people, including priests, who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country.
First Estate
400
This person played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–99), served as first consul of France (1799–1804), and was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15). Today he is widely considered one of the greatest military generals in history?
Napoleon Bonaparte
500
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
– Lord Acton, British historian
Based on this quotation, which type of government would Lord Acton most likely support?
Representative Democracy
500
“Liberty consists of the power to do whatever is not injurious to others; thus the enjoyment of the natural rights of every man has for its limits only those that assure other members of society the enjoyment of those same rights; such limits may be determined only by law. The law has the right to forbid only actions that are injurious to society…”
This comes from what document?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
500
“If man in the state of nature is free, if he is absolute lord of his own person and possessions, why will he give up his freedom? Why will he put himself under the control of any person or institution? The obvious answer is that rights in the state of nature are constantly exposed to the attack of others. Since every man is equal and since most men do not concern themselves with equity and justice, the enjoyment of rights in the state of nature is unsafe and insecure. Hence each man joins in society with others to preserve his life, liberty, and property.”
— John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1690
This statement provides support for the?
Social Contract
500
This term emphasized the rights of common men as opposed to the exclusive rights of the elites. As such, they laid the foundation for modern, rational, democratic societies.
Enlightenment
500
This person spent heavily on fashion, luxuries, and gambling, though the country was facing a grave financial crisis and the population was suffering. They had crazy dresses and hairstyles?
Marie Antoinette