Vocabulary Words
Absolute Monarch
A king or queen who has the unchecked authority to do whatever he or she wants without restrictions
Where did people discuss ideas?
Salons
The Glorious Revolution established
England's limited monarchy
Who were the Americans that absorbed Enlightenment ideas?
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
The French king Louis XVI was an
Absolute monarch
Censor
To remove or prohibit books, art, films, or other media that government finds offensive, immoral, or harmfull
Philosphes believed that the best road to change was?
Reforms
In 1649, England executed
King Charles 1
Enlightenment ideas gave Americans ammunition for
Independence
In February 1778, France and US signed a
Treaty of Alliance
Reform
An improvement
Who wanted to limit the king's power?
Radical thinkers
Who were the liberal thinkers of the time?
Voltaire and Montesquieu
Who came to help the Americans with their ideas?
The French
What did France send to help?
Equipment
Soldiers
Sailors
Navy
Divine Right of Kings
The belief that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule, and that rebellion against them is a sin
How did they circulate manuscripts?
They smuggled them
The French believed they suffered a tyrannical
Church and state
Who was a French volunteer?
LaFayette
The French _____________ was feeling the effects of the French and Indian War
Treasury
Tyrannical
Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; cruel or unjust
When had the ideas of the Enlightenment been simmering in the minds of the French people?
By the late 1780's
Voltaire visited England in
1726
LaFayette was a fellow soldier with
George Washington
In 1700s, France was dissatisfied with high taxation, food shortages, and economic hardships. The outcome was?
A Second major Revolution