Enlightened Thinkers
Social Contract
Who is Rousseau?
poorest French estate
What is the common class
An attempt to overthrow the current government.
What is a coup d'etat.
Which of the following is not a reason for the French Revolution?
corrupt government
conflicting social classes
surplus of food
social inequality
What is surplus of food
These three philosophers inspired the French Revolution.
Who is John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu.
this document said the king is just like everyone else
What is the Magna Carta
Separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
The most significant cause of the French Revolution.
What is economic and social inequality.
The leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilian de Robespierre?
War started due to social inequality.
What is the French Revolution?
During this time, many French citizens and suspected nobility were killed and jailed.
The Reign of Terror.
What was the Women March on Versailles about?
Angry women marched due to the high cost of flour and bread
Checks and Balances in government
Who is Charles de Luis Montesquieu?
the _____ is the religious class
What is the clergy
This revolution inspired the French Revolution
What is the American Revolution
The incident which sparked the Revolution.
What is the attack by the Third Estate on the Bastille State Prison and setting free prisoners sparked the Revolution.
John Locke believed in ______ for all people.
What is natural rights
Define Revolution.
What is a great change over a short period of time?
Natural Rights
Who is John Locke?
The promise the French revolutionist made and would not leave until France had a constitution
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
French symbol of power that the people attacked and invaded
What is the Bastille
Caused a social shift in thinking and believing in Europe
What is the Enlightenment?
The purpose of drafting a constitution in France.
What is to limit the power of the monarch.
Nobility in France before the Revolution
Who are the middle class?
Government as a social contract and the importance of the individual
Who is Hobbes?
the rich estate
What is the nobility?
The tool used to behead the kings and criminals.
What is a guillotine?
Who was the financial advisor hired by Louis XVI then fired after the National Assembly was fired?
Jacques Necker
Hunting cabin converted to a wonderful palace became ______________
What is Versailles?
A Republic is...
A representative form of government.