Enlightenment
The enlightenment was a time when...
People started to discover their natural rights (life, liberty, & property)
Poor treatment of the third estate
high taxes
famine
Who led the reign of Terror? What did he do?
Robespierre
Killed all of those who opposed him
Describe the social structure in Latin America
caste system and social hierarchy
Where did the industrial revolution begin and why?
Britain because of their abundance of natural resources
Who was an absolute monarch?
An absolute monarch was someone with total control. King Louis XIII was an absolute monarch.
Who made up the third estate in France?
Majority of the French population (97 % of people) (owned 65% of the land)
ONLY HAD ONE VOTE
How did Robespierre execute those who opposed him?
He used the Guillotine.
Who were revolutionaries in Latin America?
Simon Bolivar, Jose De San Martin, Father Hidalgo
Hands off economy, capitalism, little government involvement
How did the printing press lead to the spread of ideas?
People were able to mass produce their own ideas and release them to the public.
What was the turning point of the French Revolution?
The Storming of the Bastille.
What estate had the most deaths?
The third estate
How did nationalism affect Germany VS Austria - Hungary?
Germany - brought the independent German states together
Austria Hungary - divided the nation into independent states
describe the living and working conditions during the industrial rev
harsh, long hours, low wages, poor sanitation
What revolutions did the enlightenment period spark?
French Rev & American Rev
What happened during the Tennis Court Oath?
The third estate met and came up with the idea of a Constitution.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
Legal system, simplify French laws, reforms
Who unified Germany? What was his slogan?
Bismarck. Blood and iron.
What was the labor movement and who supported it?
The goal was to get better pay, better hours, and better working conditions
Supporters: union workers, middle/low class
Who were the 4 enlightenment despots and what did they believe in?
John Locke - people are born a blank slate, basic freedoms, natural rights
Jean Jacques Rousseau - people are born good but corrupted by society, general will
Baron De Montesquieu - many branches of government
Voltaire - freedom of religion, used reason, freedom of speech
What is one enduring issue related to the French Revolution?
Conflict, unfair or cruel treatment, power
What was the irony of Napoleons rule?
The French fought a war to get rid of a dictator and Napoleon emerged after the war as a dictator.
Giuseppe Mazzini, Camillo di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Victor Emmanuel.
Capitalism VS communism
Capitalism: private ownership, supply & demand, profit, free market, competition, big gap between low and upper class
Communism: government control, everyone is equal