The Enlightenment
This revolution was directly inspired by Rousseau's ideas about the social contract, where free people would create a society and government and all were equal.
What is the French Revolution?
This organization felt threatened by the Scientific Revolution and fought against it.
What is the Catholic Church?
2% of the population in France before the Revolution.
What is the Second Estate (nobles)?
A movement that's ideals inspired the Haitian Revolution.
What is the Enlightenment?
The division of government authority into legislative, executive, and judicial bodies.
What is the separation of powers?
Copernicus' model of the universe.
What is the heliocentric theory?
The means by which Napolean seized power in France.
What is a coup d'etat?
He switched sides (from the French, to the Spanish) when Napoleon re-instituted slavery in French colonies.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This French philosopher was a strong believer in freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire?
A logical procedure to gathering and testing ideas.
What is the scientific method?
These two French leaders on different sides of the revolution were both killed by the guillotine.
Who are King Louis XVI and Robespierre?
The name of the French Colony that was the first Latin American territory to free itself from European rule.
What is San Domingue?
This philosopher's theory of natural rights argued that governments have a duty to their citizens and that individuals have freedoms that don't come from government.
Who is John Locke?
Hundreds of years after imprisoning him until his death, the Catholic Church acknowledged he was correct about astronomy.
Who is Galileo?
The French people overthrew this in search of weapons and ammunition.
What is the Bastille?
This General led the fight for Haiti's independence from France.
Who is Jean Jacques Dessalines?
The three natural rights.
What are life, liberty, and property?
An invention that helped the spread of scientific ideas leading up to the Scientific Revolution.
What is the printing press?
When the Third Estate established this, it meant the end of absolute monarchy and the start of representative government in France.
What is the National Assembly?
Because the U.S. feared the successful slave revolt in Haiti would inspire similar revolts in America.
What is the reason why the U.S. didn't recognize Haiti as an official nation after they gained their independence?