English Civil War
Puritan Leader to takeover after the English civil war
Who is Cromwell
the last French Monarch to have absolute power before the French Revolution
Who is King Louis XVI
one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails.
what is puritan
people should enter into a social contract: give up freedom for order
Who is Thomas Hobbes
Robespierre is the head of the committee of public safety of which political faction
What is a Jacobins
King James I and Charles pushed their ideals of monarchy onto parliament causing strife
What is Divine Right
famine, tax inequality, limited social mobility, and deficient spending
What is causes of the French Revolution
when a ruler has to adhere to laws and rules outlined on a official document/ they draw their power from a Constitution or Bill of Rights
what is limited monarchy
freedom of speech and freedom of religion
the social class that had to pay the most taxes
what is the third estate
civil conflict in England between Parliament and the Nobility (roundheads vs. Cavaliers)
What is the English Civil War
“Never to separate and to meet where the circumstances might require until we have an established a sound and just constitution.”
what is the tennis court oath
Napoleons economic, blockade, and embargo against Britain
What is the continental system?
life, liberty, property, governments job is to protect our natural rights
who is John Locke?
oligarchy group in charge after the jacobins
what is The Directory?
bloodless war that established a limited monarchy and cemented the English Bill of Rights in 1688
What is the glorious revolution
In July 1789 thousands overrun the fortress believed to hold weapons and prisoners of the revolution
What is the storming of the bastille?
extreme pride or identification with one's own nation and support for its interests
What is nationalism
set of laws, social, commercial, and citizenship laws that helped stablize France by Napoleon
What is the Napoleonic Code?
English conflicts of the 15th century and the English Bill of Rights led to another war in 1775
What is the independence war?
the Law of Suspects and a high level of paranoia gave way to 17,00 guillotined in one year
what is the Reign of Terror
the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution
people are born free and equal government is required to get people's permission to rule, people would enter into a limited social contract
who is Rosseau
June 1815 Napoleon is beat by the Prussian Army and exiled for his crimes
What is the battle of waterloo?