Enduring Issues
People began to distrust the Catholic Church more and more, especially with the rise of new concepts and ideas.
What is the impact of ideas and beliefs?
This historical period, also known as the medieval era, lasted from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
What are the Middle Ages?
This movement emphasized human logic and reasoning. It changed how we view society, government, and religion.
What is the Enlightenment?
During 1789 the lower class would enter a Tennis Court and create their own Constitution. They also created a new document known as…
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This ideology is a major reason in why countries either unite against evil parties or why said evil parties gain power.
What is Nationalism?
Both before and during the French Revolution, the majority of people were separated based on social class and were not treated fairly compared to higher classes.
What is Inequality?
This deadly event led to many questions about the Church’s spiritual authority, because prayers didn’t do anything to stop the suffering.
What is the Black Death?
This Enlightenment thinker argued that political powers in government are best left separated.
Who was Montesquieu?
These groups of people were considered very poor but made up the majority of the population. They were known as…
What is the Third Estate?
This event was perpetualized by many people who were both enslaved and free. It was inspired by the Enlightenment movement and the French Revolution.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The Pope had the power to crown or de-crown a king. However, with such power many people often abused it or used it for their own gain.
What is the Desire for Power?
This system of governance had a monarch fully control their own kingdom, instead of sharing some power with others.
What is Absolutism?
This philosopher believed in the idea of “natural rights” or otherwise known as an idea that everyone had the right for life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
This location is famous for being the location in which the French Revolution officially started.
What is the Bastille Prison?
This man was crucial in uniting the German people under one flag. He excelled in using realpolitik to achieve his goals.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
Before the French Revolution, many French lower classes had to deal with large famines that impacted many.
What is scarcity?
This term is used to describe how Kings perceived themselves to be above others. In an almost spiritual way.
What is the Divine Right to Rule?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau made an idea that individuals would surrender freedoms of themselves to the government in exchange for protection.
What is the social contract?
Robespierre essentially took control after the French Revolution and carried out this terrible event that killed many political opposers.
What was the Reign of Terror?
This man is a famous hero in many South American nations. One of them is even named after him.
Who was Simón Bolívar?
During a very radicalized phase of the revolution, political enemies were often subject to execution. This showcased the political extremes people went “in the name of the revolution”, even if it violated personal freedoms.
What are human rights violations?
This key event spanning across the 16th and 17th centuries challenged the Church’s ideas of a “geocentric model” of the universe, alongside many other ideas.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
These absolute monarchs adopted enlightenment ideas and reforms while maintaining their power over the people.
What are enlightened despots?
This man would lead France to defeat other countries and prevent them from taking France.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This man is known as “The Brain” behind Italian Unification. He was the prime minister of Sardinia, and was the first ever prime minister of Italy.
Who was Camillo Benso (Camillo Cavour)?