I've Got the Power (Abs.)
This is a system of government where one person has absolute control
What is absolute monarchy?
A written plan of government by which a nation, state, or organization is governed
What is constitution
This person was known for creating natural rights (life, liberty, and property)
Who is John Locke?
This person became the First Consul of France
Who is Napoleon
This is a type of absolute monarch who was inspired by the Enlightenment
What is an enlightened despot?
This prison was stormed on July 14th, 1789, and began the revolution
What is the Bastille?
This person's view was that human nature was selfish and the government should be strong
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Napoleon created a set of these that inspired other countries
What are laws/Napoleonic Codes?
This FRENCH King was known as the "Sun King" and was known for spending lots of money
Who is Louis XIV (14th)?
These Estates were asked by the King to pay taxes in order to help pull the country out of debt before the revolution, they said NO!
What is the 1st and 2nd
The belief that an absolute monarch's power and authority comes from God
What is divine right?
This is an agreement where people follow the rules of society in exchange for some freedoms?
What is a social contract?
This RUSSIAN King was known for modernizing Russia and making them great like the rest of Europe
Who is Peter the Great?
This Estate ran the churches, were called the clergy, and had about 100,000 people
What is 1st Estate
Rights that people are born with (life, liberty, and property)
What are natural rights?
The power of the mind to think, understand, and make sense of the world. This is the foundation of Enlightenment ideas.
What is reason?
This FRENCH absolute monarch and his wife had their heads chopped off in the French Revolution
Who is Louis XVI (16th)?
This document was created in 1789 and it had all of the ideas of the Revolution
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
This group of people in the 3rd Estate were called the bourgeoisie. They were seen as France's...
Middle Class
This Enlightenment thinker was known for writing about the social contract.
Who is Rosseau?
These steps were taken by Napoleon to restore order to France after he got power
What are Napoleon's 5 Decisions? schools, government. finances, laws limit of freedom of speech and freedom of press; restoration of the nobility