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The image best represents which absolute monarch?

Peter the Great

What was an economic motivation in both the American and French Revolution

Unfair taxes

Who was king during the American Revolution?

King George III

Which enlightenment thinker believed in an individual's right to due process in the legal system?

Beccaria

Which enlightenment thinker believed in a direct democracy?

Rousseau

Which enlightenment thinker believed in religious toleration?

Voltaire

Which enlightenment thinker believed in separation of powers?

Montesquieu

What phrase is used by kings to say power is derived from God?

Divine Right of Kings

Why was Charles I's wife a threat to England?

She was Catholic and raised a Catholic son

Put the monarchs in order: Charles I, Charles II, Cromwell, William and Mary, James II

Charles I, Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William and Mary

Who controlled France and wanted to take over all of Europe?

Napoleon

Time period where fear was the policy used to govern?

Reign of Terror

Why did the people not like Marie Antoinette?

Lavish lifestyle flaunted and no heir

3rd Estate represented who:

Commoners

2nd Estate represented who:

Nobles

1st Estate represented who:

Clergy

How did the 1st and 2nd Estates always support one another?

Voting together

XIV

14

XVI =

16

Why was Louis the Great nicknamed the Sun King?

He believed France could not survive without him

How does the Palace of Versailles signal wealth and power?

Showed French money and that King could build anything he wanted

How was Russia changed under Peter the Great?

Westernized

Where was the capital of Russia moved under Tsar Peter I?

St. Petersburg

Which individual fought in both the American and French Revolution?

Marquis de Lafayette

How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

French aide was too grand and proved people could change governments

Which enlightenment thinker defended the absolute monarch?

Hobbes

Rousseau wanted what form of government?

Direct Democracy

Wollstonecraft influenced what movement in the US during the 1900s?

Women's Suffrage

Inalienable rights?

Life, Liberty, Property

What event started the French Revolution?

Storming the Bastille

Why is the Glorious Revolution, 'glorious'?

No bloodshed to change government

Describe an absolute monarch.

A king who controls everything of the country.

What happened to Charles I at the end of the English Civil War?

He was beheaded on the charges of treason.

What were the nicknames of the Parliamentaries and Royalists during the English Civil War?

P = Roundheads; R = Cavaliers

Give one reason that influenced the French Revolution

1) Enlightenment ideas of liberty 2) France had no money from helping the American Revolution 3) American independence led to the French wanting democracy

List the leaders of England in correct order; starting with Charles I and ending in the Glorious Revolution.

Charles I > Oliver Cromwell > Charles II > William and Mary

Which event directly started the French Revolution?

Storming of the Bastille

Which estate was taxed the most leading to the French Revolution

3rd Estate

Which monarchs ruled at the beginning of the French Revolution?

Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Which absolute monarch westernized/Europeanized Russia?

Peter I/Peter the Great

Who led the Parliamentaries during the English Civil War?

Oliver Cromwell

Why did the people dislike Marie Antoinette?

She was oblivious to their suffering, she spent all of France's money, she did not produce an heir.

Louis XIV built this palace to show the wealth and power of France. What is it called?

Palace of Versailles

Name two absolute rulers we have discussed.

Peter I, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Charles I, Louis XIV

Who was king over England during the English Civil War?

Charles I

Which estate was the most unhappy in French society?

3rd Estate