Which enlightenment thinker believed in religious toleration?
Voltaire
Describe an absolute monarch.
A king who controls everything of the country.
Inalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, Property
The image best represents which absolute monarch?
Peter the Great
XIV
14
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
XVI =
16
What was an economic motivation in both the American and French Revolution
Unfair taxes
Who led the Parliamentaries during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
How did the 1st and 2nd Estates always support one another?
Voting together
Which enlightenment thinker believed in a direct democracy?
Rousseau
Who was king during the American Revolution?
King George III
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
Which event directly started the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
Which absolute monarch westernized/Europeanized Russia?
Peter I/Peter the Great
Which enlightenment thinker believed in an individual's right to due process in the legal system?
Beccaria
Which individual fought in both the American and French Revolution?
Marquis de Lafayette
Which enlightenment thinker defended the absolute monarch?
Hobbes
Which monarchs ruled at the beginning of the French Revolution?
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
How was Russia changed under Peter the Great?
Westernized
Why was Charles I's wife a threat to England?
She was Catholic and raised a Catholic son
Who was king over England during the English Civil War?
Charles I
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
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
French aide was too grand and proved people could change governments
Where was the capital of Russia moved under Tsar Peter I?
St. Petersburg
Rousseau wanted what form of government?
Direct Democracy
How does the Palace of Versailles signal wealth and power?
Showed French money and that King could build anything he wanted
Why was Louis the Great nicknamed the Sun King?
He believed France could not survive without him
What event started the French Revolution?
Storming the Bastille
Which estate was the most unhappy in French society?
3rd Estate
Name two absolute rulers we have discussed.
Peter I, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Charles I, Louis XIV
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
Who controlled France and wanted to take over all of Europe?
Napoleon
Louis XIV built this palace to show the wealth and power of France. What is it called?
Palace of Versailles
Wollstonecraft influenced what movement in the US during the 1900s?
Women's Suffrage
What happened to Charles I at the end of the English Civil War?
He was beheaded on the charges of treason.
3rd Estate represented who:
Commoners
What phrase is used by kings to say power is derived from God?
Divine Right of Kings
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.
Which enlightenment thinker believed in separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Which estate was taxed the most leading to the French Revolution
3rd Estate
2nd Estate represented who:
Nobles
Why is the Glorious Revolution, 'glorious'?
No bloodshed to change government
1st Estate represented who:
Clergy
What were the nicknames of the Parliamentaries and Royalists during the English Civil War?
P = Roundheads; R = Cavaliers