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World History Ch 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Law | Life, Liberty, & property |
| Natural Law | Government protect rights. |
| Rousseau preferred what type of government? | a popularly elected government |
| Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration of Independence | John Locke |
| Give an example of the legislative branch checking the judicial branch in the U.S. government. | Congress rejects a nominee to a federal court |
| First Estate | Clergy |
| Second Estate | Nobility |
| Third Estate | Peasants/Working Class |
| How was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen similar to the Declaration of Independence | It affirmed that the function of government was to protect individual rights |
| What was the guillotine used for? | To punish(decapitate) those who went against the revolution |
| Who was Adam Smith | An economist |
| What did Adam Smith believe in? | Laissez Faire |
| Why did the Boston Massacre anger colonists | Unarmed colonists were shot down by British soldiers |
| Why would the sans-coulottes have supported the Reign of Terror | They were in the third estate and overtaxed |
| Why would the sans-coulottes have supported the Reign of Terror? | They were in the third estate and overtaxed |
| A king and queen who have ultimate authority over their citizens | Absolute Monarchy |
| This French king commissioned the building of the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of his complete power and authority. | Louis XIV |
| This was the symbol of the power of the “Sun King” | Versailles |
| The authority to rule was given to them by God, | Divine Right |
| This group comprised the middle class of the Third Estate. This group included bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, as well as other successful occupations. | Bourgeoisie |
| A government whose power is defined and limited by law | Constitutional Government |
| An individual who rules with unlimited authority | Autocrat |
| The dissenters who clashed with the Church of England | Puritan |
| This limited the power of the monarchs and prevented any Roman Catholic from sitting on the throne. | English Bill of Rights |
| This was one of the many new taxes passed by Parliament on the American colonies that taxed newspapers, pamphlets, and other publications | Stamp Act |
| In this, power is divided between the national government and the states. | Federal republic |
| Social classes in France | Estates |
| Estates | Bastille |
| Right to vote | Suffrage |
| What was the final violent phase that Robespierre claimed was necessary to protect the revolution. | . Reign of Terror |
| A system where English rulers had to obey the laws and govern with Parliament. | Limited Monarchy |
| The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons. | Prime Minister |
| Unchanging principles that govern all human contact | Natural Law |
| Trade is conducted with little government interference, and supply and demand are met through the market | Laissez Faire |
| Symbolic of the French Revolution and the terror it inflicted with its human taking of life | Guillotine |
| Brilliant military hero who won many victories on the battlefield for France | Napoleon |
| Military tactic known for its hit and run raids and ambush tactics | Guerrilla warfare |