Enlightenment Vocab.
Power of human mind to think and understand in a logical way
Reason
Believed in three branches of government
Montesquieu
Monarchs that believed in Enlightenment ideas
Enlightened Despots
Approved by 13 colonies on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Married to Marie and king of France, he and wife both got a razor sharp ending
Louis XVI
Life, liberty and property
Natural Rights
Outspoken about limiting the power of the church
Voltaire
Unlimited authority and no legal limits
Absolute Monarch
Reason for American revolution
Taxation without representation, no personal or natural rights, no life liberty and happiness
Emerged as saver of France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Agreement between rulers and those ruled
Contract
Government should protect individual rights and society as a whole. Good of the country not personal interest
Rousseau
Believed in religious tolerance, no more torture!!
Frederick the Great
Another name for France's social classes
Estates
Led the Reign of terror in France
Robespierre
Power directly from God
Divine Right
Women are rational human beings. Women deserve equal rights in education and society
Wollstonecraft
Couldn't quite let serfs be free but did expand education opportunities
Catherine the Great
"Let them eat cake"
Marie Antoinette
French extremist group
Jacobins
Leave it alone
Laissez-faire
Free Enterprise
Adam Smith
Ignored France's traditional institutions for over 72 years in France. Called himself the Sun King
Louis XIV
Proclaimed the liberty and equality of all people in France.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Napoleon's final defeat
Made up of prosperous and educated professionals and merchants
Bourgeoisie
Humans are born free and equal with natural rights, Jefferson took his words and put them in the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
Abolished serfdom and promoted education and a fair tax system
Joseph II
United States first constitution
Articles of Confederation
King Louis big house location
Versailles