Absolute Monarchs
The Male ruler of a Absolute Monarch
What is a King?
This Enlightenment thinker was one of the first political thinkers
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
A major event happened that citizens threw tea in the boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This social hierarchy class that was fed up by the overpowering king and was the main reason of the start to the revolution
What is the 3rd estate?
These white Europeans were at the top of the unequal social class
The belief that God appointed a certain ruler
What is Divine Right?
This Enlightenment thinker argued for the rights of freedom of speech and religion
Who is Voltaire?
The act that led to harsh punishments towards citizens
What is the Intolerable Act?
In 1789, the National Assembly swore, promising a new constitution and limit the kings power
what was the Tennis Court Oath?
These revolutions inspired the Latin American revolution
What is the American and French Revolution?
What is the system of passing down ruling power through family
What is Hereditary Succession?
John Locke believes that people were born with life, liberty, and freedom. He also argued that kings couldn’t over throw them
What is Natural Rights?
A group of men that were carried out of the Boston Harbor
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This was the cause of death by King Louis III and was done in front of the public
What is a guillotine?
A French colony with 500,000 African slaves working on sugar & coffee plantations
What is Haiti
The famous man that elected himself Emperor of France in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
was jailed twice in France for introducing new reforms and freedoms to European monarchs
Who is Voltaire?
The treaty that separated America and all lands eat of the Mississippi River
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The 3rd estate circulated a rumor that an army was coming to Paris. In order to protect themselves, citizens attacked and seized weapons to defend themselves.
What is The Storming of Bastille?
This social hierarchy had wealth and education but could not participate in the governement
Who are the creoles?
The Last King of France that was executed by a guillotine.
Who is Louis XVI?
This reasoning was used to argue that only king with absolute power could maintain order in society
What is Scientific Reasoning?
The use of Enlightenment ideas to create a standard document that citizens would follow and have the rights of
What is the Declaration of Independence?
From 1793 to 1794, Maximilien Robespierre executed 40,000 “traitors”
What is the Reign of Terror?
Venezuelan creole that led an army of revolutionaries against Spain
Who is Simon Bolivar?