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Because Thomas Hobbes perceives mankind as inherently evil, he.....   asserts that a ruler should employ absolute power to maintain order in the areas under their rule  
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Why does Thomas Hobbes assert that a ruler should employ absolute power   to maintain order in the areas under their rule  
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The theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority   Divine Right  
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Individuals associated with the Scientific Revolution   Copernicus Galileo Newton Kepler  
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Why would Galileo "detest" Copernicus' theories before the Inquisition?   He feared that the Church might excommunicate him  
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Individuals associated with the Enlightenment   Locke Montesquieu Rousseau Voltaire  
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The individuals associated with the Enlightenment ideas and use of reason for rational and logical thinking influenced movements for?   Political reform  
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What is similar about Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire?   They use rational thinking  
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What is the solution Montesquieu offered to avoid the establishment of a government with unlimited power?   Separating the branches of government  
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Major causes of the French Revolution were   the inequalities in the tax structure and a three estate system based on SOCIAL CLASS  
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What is a three estate system based on?   Social class  
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What limited the power of the French monarch?   The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen  
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Maximilien Robespierre attempted to defend democracy in France by?   Purging (violently riding) the country of political opponents and counterrevolutionaries  
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What do the actions of the Jacobins during the French Revolution indicate?   Revolutions sometimes bring radical groups to power  
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Who supported Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power?   The french people  
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Why did the French people support Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power?   They hoped he would bring stability to the nation  
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Why is the Napoleonic Code important?   It provided a written set of laws for Europe  
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What contributed to Napoleon's military defeat   Severe winters and the large size of Russia  
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What did the French Revolution stimulate?   Nationalistic feelings  
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The French Revolution.....   Inspired other people seeking democracy and independence from absolute monarchs  
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What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?   To establish a balance of power and to restore old rulers/regimes to their thrones after Napoleon's defeat  
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