Absolutism & England
What Russian ruler worked to westernize Russia?
Peter the Great
Who argued for the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
What device was used to execute Louis XVI?
Guillotine
Who took control of France after the Revolution?
Napoleon
What Caribbean colony experienced a successful slave revolution?
Haiti
What French king was known for absolute rule and expensive wars?
Louis XIV
Who believed people needed a strong ruler with absolute power?
Thomas Hobbes
What prison was stormed at the beginning of the Revolution?
Bastille
What type of takeover brought Napoleon to power?
Coup d'état
Who became the most famous leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
What were Puritan supporters called during the English Civil War?
Roundheads
What document limited the power of English kings as early as 1215?
Magna Carta
French society was divided into three what?
Estates
What set of laws did Napoleon establish?
Napoleonic Code
What ideas inspired L'Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution?
Enlightenment
What Puritan leader took control after Charles I was executed?l
Oliver Cromwel
What document established the idea of a freely elected Parliament?
English Bill
Who led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
What country did Napoleon disastrously invade?
Russia
What American document was influenced by Locke's natural rights?
Declaration of Independence
What revolution placed William and Mary on the English throne?
Glorious Revolution
What Enlightenment idea says government receives authority from the people?
Social Contract
What intellectual movement influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Enlightenment
At what battle was Napoleon finally defeated?
Waterloo
What meeting redrew Europe's boundaries after Napoleon's defeat?
Congress of Vienna