Enlightenment
Which enlightenment thinker used satire to convey his desire for freedom of speech and religion?
Voltaire
What is Absolutism?
A government where a king/queen rules with all the power.
What is Habeas Corpus?
Right to a trial by Jury
What was the main cause of the American Revolution?
The French and Indian War
(Taxes)
Which Enlightenment thinker thought women needed more education and oppurtunity to succeed?
Mary Wollstonecraft
What is the concept where European royalty gained the authority to rule from god?
The divine right of kings
What was the 1 year period of time in which french extremists executed thousands of people?
The reign of terror
Which Enlightenment thinker heavily inspired the American Revolution?
John Locke
List the three "natural rights" John Locke believed all humans were born with:
Life
Liberty
Property
Who are commoners raised up by kings that will follow every command they are issued?
Intendents
What was the purpose of the English petition of right?
To limit the power of the king
Who led the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L'overture
List two things that caused people to question established beliefs during the scientific revolution:
Heliocentric Theory
Newton's universal laws of Gravity
King Louis XIV forced the nobility of France to do what during his reign?
Live with him in his palace at Versailles
What was the motto of the Declaration of the rights of man?
(Hint: 3 words)
Liberte' (Liberty)
Egalite' (Equality)
Fraternite' (Brotherhood)
Who led the Latin American Revolutions?
(Hint: Two people)
Simon Bolivar
Jose de San Martin
The enlightenment was a movement about using _______ and ________ instead of myth and superstition to understand the world.
Reason
What is Peter the Great remembered for?
Modernizing Russia
Why was Napoleon an Enligthenment hero?
He spread the enlightenment as he conquered Europe
List 2 of the 3 impacts of the Hatian Revolution:
America doubles in size
Caribbean independence was delayed
Stricter slave laws