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
What happened to Charles I at the end of the English Civil War?
He was beheaded on the charges of treason.
Which enlightenment thinker defended the absolute monarch?
Hobbes
Who wrote the novel "Don Quixote"?
Miguel de Cervantes
Which individual fought in both the American and French Revolution?
Marquis de Lafayette
Which monarchs ruled at the beginning of the French Revolution?
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
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
3rd Estate represented who:
Commoners
Which estate was the most unhappy in French society?
3rd Estate
Who controlled France and wanted to take over all of Europe?
Napoleon
How did the 1st and 2nd Estates always support one another?
Voting together
Which scientist understood the circulation of the blood and heart's function?
William Harvey
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
French aide was too grand and proved people could change governments
Which estate was taxed the most leading to the French Revolution
3rd Estate
Louis XIV built this palace to show the wealth and power of France. What is it called?
Palace of Versailles
Who led the Parliamentaries during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
Describe the heliocentric theory AND who discovered this theory.
Sun-centered universe; Nicolaus Copernicus.
Which composer is from the Baroque period?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which absolute monarch westernized/Europeanized Russia?
Peter I/Peter the Great
Wollstonecraft influenced what movement in the US during the 1900s?
Women's Suffrage
Which event directly started the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
What event started the French Revolution?
Storming the Bastille
Why was Charles I's wife a threat to England?
She was Catholic and raised a Catholic son
How was Russia changed under Peter the Great?
Westernized
Isaac Newton influenced our understanding of the world, how?
First to understand gravity
Where was the capital of Russia moved under Tsar Peter I?
St. Petersburg
Describe an absolute monarch.
A king who controls everything of the country.
Time period where fear was the policy used to govern?
Reign of Terror
Rousseau wanted what form of government?
Direct Democracy
1st Estate represented who:
Clergy
Why was Louis the Great nicknamed the Sun King?
He believed France could not survive without him
XIV
14
XVI =
16
Name two absolute rulers.
Peter I, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Charles I, Louis XIV
Inalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, Property
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
2nd Estate represented who:
Nobles
Who was king over England during the English Civil War?
Charles I
How does the Palace of Versailles signal wealth and power?
Showed French money and that King could build anything he wanted
Why is the Glorious Revolution, 'glorious'?
No bloodshed to change government
How did the telescope help to revolutionize our view on the universe?
It proved Copernicus was correct with his heliocentric theory
Which composer is from the Classical period?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What were the nicknames of the Parliamentaries and Royalists during the English Civil War?
P = Roundheads; R = Cavaliers
Why did the people not like Marie Antoinette?
Lavish lifestyle flaunted and no heir
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.
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