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Roads to Revolution

History, Unit 3, Roads to Revolution

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What is a watershed? A watershed is a turning point where significant change happens.
What is a revolution? A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
What is a tragic necessity? Something tragic occurred but was needed for a necessary change.
What are the 3 criteria to make a revolution? 1. Upset with status quo or see need for a change. 2. Have a plan and a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. 3. A change needs to happen or an action.
Who were the Jacobins? A rebel group who wanted are republic for France during the French Revolution. who were responsible for the Reign of Terror.
What were the names of the 3 estates? 1. Clegary 2. Nobility 3. The National Assembly.
What was the National Assembly? A group who wanted a constitutional monarch and to be a parliament.
Who was Marie Antoinette? The last queen of France before it become a Republic.
What was the Reign of Terror? The Reign of Terror was when France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? He was the de facto leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804.
What is Humanism? The study of a man's ability to improve the quality of life on Earth through studying the classics.
What was the Renaissance? It was a time where Europeans were depressed after The Famine and Black Death and wanted to restore the old glory days.
What were Indulgences? Indulgences are where people can pay the church money to have their sins forgiven and to go to heaven.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci? Leonardo da Vinci was a well known artist for his paintings the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, he is also known for his inventions and studies of human anatomy.
What is Christian Humanism? Christian humanists focused on the history of Christianity and what they believed to be the law of love revealed by Jesus Christ.
What is Secularism? Secularism is any movement in society directed away from other worldliness/religion to life on earth.
What is Classical Scholarship? Classical Scholarship is the study of ancient Greece and Rome.
What is Individualism? Individualism is social philosophy and political that emphasizes the moral worth of an individual being.
Who was Martin Luther? Martin Luther was a priest who believed a church could not provide salvation and only God can forgive sins and get you into heaven not a man or church. He also started Lutheranism (a sector of Christianity).
What was the 95 Theses? The 95 Theses were complaints that Martin Luther wrote against the church including that the church stop selling indulgences.
What were Indulgence? Indulgence were something people could pay their church so the church would forgive their sins.
What was the Scientific Revolution? The Scientific Revolution began in 1543-1687 and was a time were new ideas came about science.
What was the Scientific Method? The Scientific Method was invented by Francis Bacon and was a way to make experiments more accurate.
Who was Ptolemy? Ptolemy was a man who wrote about astronomy and geography, he came up with the Geocentric Theory.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus? Nicolaus Copernicus was the man who came up the theory about heliocentric.
Who was Galileo Galilei? Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who improved the Copernicus and he invented the telescope.
Who was Sir Isaac Newton? Sir Isaac Newton was a scientist who published Principa Mathematica and created the laws of gravity and motion.
What was the Industrial Revolution? The Industrial Revolution was a time where factories and new inventions came to place and it started in Great Britain.
What was Child Labor? Child Labor was when young kids would have to work in factories.
Who was King Louis XVI? Louis XVI was the King of France from 1774 until 1792, when the monarchy was abolished during the French Revolution
Who was Mohamed Bouazizi? Mohamed Bouazizi was a man who started the Arab Spring by setting himself on fire in Tunisia.
What was the Arab Spring? The Arab Spring was a time were Arabs wanted democracy and to get rid of there dictators.
What is a Refugee? A refugee is someone who flees there country because of war or poverty.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre? Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution.
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