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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Hobbes | believed the best way to preserve peoples writes was by having a king or to have a monarch. He believed that people are naturally bad. Believed in social contract, in which people gave up their rights in order to gain order. Wrote the book leviathan. |
| John Locke | believed that democracy was the best way to preserve rights. He believed that people were naturally/ basically bad. believed in natural rights, which are right people had from birth. included life, liberty and property. Wrote two Treatises of Government |
| Montesquieu | Was critical of absolute power and believed in the concept of separation of powers. |
| Natural Rights | rights people had from birth |
| Voltaire | Argued for freedom of religion and speech.Enlightenment Economics |
| Laissez Faire Economics | the belief that the market should be allowed to set its own prices and correct itself. |
| Adam Smith | Scottish Economics who wrote The Wealth of Nations who supported and proved the relevance of Laissez Faire Economics. |
| Salons | places where writers, artists and Philosophes gathered to discuss the issues of the day. |
| Enlightened Despots | absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change. |
| Napoleon | he won some battles, crowned himself emperor and tried to take over europe |
| Congress of Vienna | established europe after Napoleon |
| Battle of Waterloo | Led to the down fall of Napoleon |
| Natural Law | laws you naturaly have and feel as a person |
| 1st estate | made up the clergy who owned about 10% of the land of France and were about 3% of the population. |
| 2nd estate | made up of the nobility didn’t pay taxes also made up about 3% of population. |
| 3rd estate | made up of the bourgeoisie or wealthier merchants and all of the poor, made up 93-% of France. |
| Estates General | meeting of the three estates which was called as France was on the verge of bankruptcy. |
| Tennis Court Oath | after the third estate was barred from the meeting they went to a tennis court and made an oath not to part and meet whenever needed |
| National Assembly | reform minded nobles and clergy joined the third estate |
| The Storming of Bastille | an angry mob formed outside a prison castle, demanded weapons they believed were in the castle, but the commander opened fire on the 800 people, they eventually got in |
| The Declaration of the Rights of man and Citizens | protected the natural right of French citizens |
| Committee of Public Safety | it began the reign of terror |
| Reign of Terror | 300,00 french citivens were arrested for suspision of not supporting the revolution |
| The Directory | restored order but was ulamitely currupt |