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enlightenment study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Hobbes | He was a member of a growing number of people who believed that the time of enlightenment would lead to government reform. He was also philosopher |
| John Lock | He was too a member of a growing number of people who believed that the time of enlightenment would lead to government reform. He was also philosopher |
| Montesquieu | was critical of Absolute power and believed in the concept of separation of powers |
| Voltaire | argued for freedom or religion and speech |
| Laissez Faire Economics | the belief that the marker 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 philosophers gathered to discuss the issues of the day |
| Enlightened Despots | absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change |
| Natural Law | its a theory that claims the existence of a law that is set by nature and that is valid everywhere |
| Natural Rights | universal rights that everyone has |
| The 3 Estates | 1st estate was the clergy they owned 10% ofthe land&were 3% of the population.2nd estate was nobility&didn’t pay taxes &made up about 3% of population. 3rd estate bourgeoisie or wealthier merchants& all of the poor made up 93% of France. |
| Bourgeoisie | classification by ownership. this is mostly based on middle and second classes. |
| Estates General | meeting of the three estates that was called as France was on the Verge of bankruptcy&The members of the third estate were barred from meeting and moved to a nearby tennis court. |
| Tennis Court Oath | the 3rd estate made this group because they werent allowed in the general assembly. this is a group that vowed to meet whenever needed and never seperate. this also started the Nation Assembly. |
| National Assembly | group formed because of the Tennis Court Oath. this was made by the nobles and clergy |
| The Storming of Bastille | July 14, 1789 an angry mob formed outside a prison castleThe mob demanded weapons they thought were in the castle&the commander opened fire on them.mob finally broke through&freed some prisoners but no weapons. this is Frances independance day |
| The Declaration of the Rights of man and Citizens | defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal |
| Committee of Public Safety | formed the de facto executive government of France during the Reign of Terror a stage of the French Revolution.they killed many people with the guillotine for supposidly being memebers of the monarchy or opposing the revolution |
| Reign of Terror | this was a period of violence that occurred for one year and one month after the start of the French Revolution |
| The Directory | this was the regime, or 2nd stage of the French Revolution |
| Napoleon | was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. |
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