This is the idea that governments should avoid interfering with economics, such as supply, demand, and tariffs.
What is laissez-faire?
100
This is the main French tax.
What is taille?
100
The Reign of Terror happens during the time of this French Government.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
100
This was the government that was overthrown by Napoleon's forces.
What is the Directory?
100
This man was a leader in the revolutions that occurred in South America.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
200
This man presented the idea that each person is born without any preprogrammed ideas (tabula rasa).
Who is John Locke?
200
The French Revolution begins with this pledge of allegiance, in which the Third Estate agrees to reorganize it's government.
What is "The Tennis Court Oath"?
200
This man was in control during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
200
This is the system of laws, created by Napoleon, that removed privileges for the upper class, and established "meritocracy".
What is The Civil Code (or Napoleonic Code)?
200
This man was a priest and leader of the revolution "south of the border" against Spain.
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
300
This man is considered the "father of modern rationalism".
Who is Descartes?
300
This women said that the French Revolution should fight to protect the rights of women as well as men.
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
300
This instrument of death was designed and utilized the Reign of Terror.
What is the guillotine?
300
This general finally defeated Napoleon's forces.
Who is the Duke of Wellington?
300
This man was a former slave and leader of the revolution on the island of Hispaniola against the French.
Who is Toussaint L'Overture?
400
This man coined the phrase "I think, therefore I am."
Who is Descartes?
400
This document outlines the rights that the new French government will protect for their citizens.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
400
This country was threatening to invade France causing the Reign of Terror.
What is Austria?
400
This is the site of Napoleon's final defeat; leading to the end of his empire.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
400
Name three of the territories that revolted according to Simon Bolivar's "Jamaica Letter".
What are Mexico, Gran Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Puerto Rico, Cuba?
500
This idea is Montesquieu's most important contribution to the Enlightenment.
What is the separation of powers? -Or- What is "checks and balances"?
500
The French government changes from a ________ to a ______ during the French Revolution.
What is "monarchy" and "democracy (republic)"?
500
These were the two political parties associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
What are the Jacobins and Girondins?
500
After Napoleon's defeat, this event squashed revolutions and reestablished the rule of monarchies in European kingdoms.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
500
Put these documents in order of their composition (oldest to most recent):
(A) "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen"
(B) "The Jamaica Letter"
(C) "The Declaration of Independence"
(D) "Magna Carta"