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E, R, and N Review
Enlightenment, Revolution, and Nationalism Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gravity | Force that tends to pull one mass or object to another |
| Heliocentric | Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe |
| Scientific Method | Painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis |
| Scientific Revolution | Period in the 1500s and 1600s in which scientific thinkers challenged traditional ideas and relied on observation and experimentation |
| Baron de Montesquieu | Wrote the Spirit of Laws, which designed a three-branch system of government |
| Consent of the Governed | Permission given by the people in a country to the government allowing them to rule, usually through voting |
| Enlightenment | The period in the 1700’s in which people rejected traditional ideas and supported a belief in human reason |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Wrote the Social Contract – stressed that man was born free and became corrupted |
| John Locke | Wrote Two Treatises of Government, which outlined the Natural Rights of life, liberty, and property |
| Natural Rights | Rights that belongs to all humans from birth |
| Social Contract | Agreement by which people give up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos |
| Absolute Monarch | Ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | French document which was a first step towards writing a constitution |
| Divine Right | Belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Chief architect of the Reign of Terror |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | General who became self-proclaimed Emperor of France |
| Napoleonic Code | Law code established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804; served as an example for the law codes of other countries |
| National Assembly | Group formed mostly by the Third Estate in France in 1789 with the intention of writing a new constitution |
| Reign of Terror | A period during which French revolutionary courts executed 40,000 people mostly by use of the guillotine |
| Blood and Iron | A speech given by Otto von Bismarck that explained a plan to use war and industry to unify and expand Germany |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Italian nationalist who led his “Red Shirts” in the quest to create Italy |
| Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country |
| Otto von Bismarck | Nationalist Prime Minister of Germany who utilized a plan of “Blood and Iron” to unify the country |
| Simon Bolivar | “The Liberator”; led successful independence movement against the Spanish in Latin America |
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