The Enlightenment
The idea that power comes from a source of divinity such as God.
Divine Right
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Frances unequal classes would lead to revolution, from which class did rich nobles belong?
Second Estate
Miguel Hidalgo
This French philosophe established the concept of Separation of Powers?
Baron de Montesquieu
This economic system based on private ownership fueled by desire from profit was thought of by Adam Smith
Capitalism
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Interdependence
Thomas Jefferson
Similar to America's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" this event was the symbolic beginning of the Franch Revolution
Storming of the Bastille
The First Latin American colony to free itself from European rule
Haiti
The Enlightenment is also known as the age of...
Reason
Which Enlightenment philosopher most influenced the American Revolution?
John Locke
This period under the leadership of Maximilian Robespierre resulted in the execution of thousands of "traitors" within French government and society
Reign of Terror
Who were the two creole leaders that helped lead the revolutions in South America?
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
This method from a previous intellectual revolution gave Enlightenment thinkers a model to follow as they made new theories on society
Scientific Method
With so many new innovations in science, art and politics Denis Diderot summarized them all in a collection known as the first
Encyclopedia
The political policy used by England in which American colonists were able to make their own laws
Salutary Neglect
What country was Napoleon and his army unable to consistently defeat, unlike the Russians they didn't need to burn their cities to avoid invasion
England
Unlike the South American revolutions, in Mexico, the revolutions were led by ___________.
Natives and Mestizos
"People are naturally evil and need and absolute monarch to protect them from themselves" would most likely have been said by this famous philsophe
Thomas Hobbes
Rulers who began to listen to Enlightenment ideas such as Catherine the Great, were known as
Enlightened Despots
What is the name of the Treaty that granted the US independence from Britain and all lands east of the Mississippi River?
The Treaty of Paris 1783
This was Napoleon's final defeat against the British before his permanent exile and eventual death
Battle of Waterloo
Simon Bolivar wished to unite all of South America under a single country called
Gran Columbia