WHO TURNED ON THE LIGHTS?
Who was John Locke?
A time when people began to question authority and the right for absolute monarchs to rule.
What is The Enlightenment?
An event in which the people of a country overthrow an existing government and create a new government.
What is a political revolution?
The event in which the people of France overthrew their king, Louis XVI, and fought for more rights.
What is the French Revolution?
Farmers stormed a prison to get gun powder to use against the French Government.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
Besides having the coolest name of all the philosophers, he fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech. While living in France he was sent to prison twice and eventually exiled to England.
Who was Voltaire?
One ruler has complete control of everyone and everything.
What is Absolute Monarchy?
This revolution, also known as the Glorious Revolution, limited the power of monarchs in England and established a constitutional monarchy.
What is the English Revolution?
Unfair social division into 3 estates, abuse of power by absolute monarchs, Enlightenment ideas, and an economic crisis.
What are the causes of the French Revolution?
3rd Estate got kicked out of their meeting space. They went down the street and took an oath to stay together until a new constitution is written and a new government is formed.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
He wrote the book the Social Contract and believed that the government's job was to ensure natural rights to all.
Who was Rousseau?
The holy and divine idea that kings receive their power to rule directly from God, which justified their absolute authority
What is Divine Right?
People felt that absolute monarchs in England were unfair and had too much power.
Why did the English Revolution happen?
This document granted equal rights to men in France and established a fair taxation system.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
The women of the third estate take a trip to a certain palace to let Louis XVI and his wife know how unhappy they were. They brought the king and queen back to Paris with them.
What is the Women's March on Versailles?
He believed in Separation of Powers and would develop the idea of Separation of Powers still used by governments today.
Who Was Montesquie?
She wanted to end Serfdom in Russia, but was overruled by the nobility.
Who was Catherine the Great?
The Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the English Bill of Rights, and Habeas Corpus.
What are laws that limited the kings power in England?
This event during the French Revolution where leaders executed thousands of people believed to be loyal to the king.
What is the Reign of Terror?
These two leaders decided to run for their lives and flee Paris to try and save their lives. It didn't work.
Who were King Louis the XVI and Marie Antoinette?
An absolute ruler who believed that people did have some rights and did not completely ignore the enlightened philosophers.
What is an Enlightened Despot?
Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia supported the enlightened philosophers, but had no intention of giving them any power,
Who were Enlightened Despots?
As a result of the English Revolution, English kings had to share power with Parliament, the lawmaking body that represents the people.
What is the change made to king's authority after the Glorious Revolution?
He was the leader of the Jacobins, the radical group that led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Who Was Robespierre?
King Louis didn't know what to do so he called all the big shots from. the 3 estates to Paris to discuss the economic problems in France
What is the calling of the Estates General?