Term | Definition |
Reason | Application of scientific method to help understand all of life |
Humanism | Study of Greek and Roman Classics |
Laissez-faire | State/Government should not interrupt the free play of natural economic |
1st Estate | Owned 10% of land in France |
Tennis Court Oath | Famous Oath did the third estate swear upon to fight for equal rights for all men in France |
Bastille Prison | Raided for its "Guns" to help fight for the cause |
Consulate | Gave the title to the Emperor of France |
Nationalism | Extreme form of patriotic feeling, principles, or effects can be described as Patriotism. |
Jacobins | Main political party in France the helped lead the Revolution. |
Social Contract Theory | Entire society agrees to governed by the general will and all individuals should be forced to abide by the general will. |
2nd Estate | Nobels |
Heliocentric Model | Sun-centered model by Copernicus |
Sans-Cullotes | Ordinary patriots without fine clothes |
Robespierre | Man charge of the Committee of Public Safety and was the cause of the Reign of the Terror |
Napoleonic Code | Also called the Civil Code |
Continental System | Napoleon's blockade on the British economy |
Scorched Earth | Burned every home and field on their way in hopes of devastating the enemy army (food and shelter) |
3rd Estate | Made up 88% of the population in France |
Secularism | Idea that the church and state should be separated and not involved in education |