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Absolute Monarchs, Enlightenment, Revolutions Flashcards

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The Fronde

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nobles revolted and tried to kill 8 year old Louis; Failed

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Louis XIV; Sun King

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became king at 5 ; ruled France from 1643-1715

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Absolute Monarch

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A ruler with complete and total power

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Divine Right ; Divine Power

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Rulers are chosen and sent to rule by God ; their word is final ; European View of Authority

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Absolute Monarch Characteristics

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  • Divine Power
  • all aspects of government
  • Control Religion
  • No Checks and Balances
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Absolute Monarchs time period

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1500-1700

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The Enlightenment Time Period

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1600-1800

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The revolutions time period

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1700-1850

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The Palace of Versailles was…

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used to control the nobles by making them busy with work

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Louis XIV …

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~raises taxes: war money, fund lifestyle, versailles
~ Expanded France
~ Put France in debt

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Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

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took away freedom of religion and made France mainly Catholic

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Causes of French Revolution

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  1. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
  2. THE ESTATE SYSTEM
  3. DEBT, POVERTY, FAMINE
  4. UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION
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Tennis Court Oath

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3rd estate gets locked out of meeting room and break into indoor tennis court to write DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN

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Storming of the Bastille

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  • july 14, 1789
  • official start of revolution
  • prisoners represented the kings oppression
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Post Storming

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Louis XVI flees France , is caught, executed by guillotine

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Guillotine Causes…

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reign of terror ; massive beheadings

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LOUIS XVI

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  • weak leader
  • increased debts
  • let Marie Antoinette run things
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First Estate

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~clergy
~exempt from taxes
~held high office

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Second Estate

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Nobility

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Third Estate

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~Middle Class

~Faced the highest taxes

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Higher taxes + Low wages =

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heavy debt; third estate

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National debt caused by …

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Louis xvi and Louis xiv

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Crop failure = bread shortage =

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higher prices = hungry / angry people

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Estates General

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Meeting of the estates ; Three separate rooms

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Thomas Hobbes

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  • believed humans were selfish
  • people need an absolute monarchy or strong govt.
  • feared civil war
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John Locke

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  • believed government should protect the citizens natural rights
  • believed in democracy and consent from citizens
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natural rights

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Life , Liberty, Property

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Voltaire

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  • believed in freedom of religion, freedom of expression , and separation of church and state
  • kicked out of france
  • liked the constitutional monarchy
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constitutional monarchy

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monarch’s power is limited by laws

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Elizabeth I of England

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  • Protestant but allowed catholicism
  • defeated the spanish armada
  • many wars caused problems on her economy
  • favored freedom
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Enlightenment

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a new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems

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Montesquieu

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  • believed in checks and balances

* separation of powers

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Wollstonecraft

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•women deserve equality

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phillip II of Spain

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  • defended catholicism
  • wealthy
  • armada defeated by Elizabeth I
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Peter the Great of Russia

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•one of Russia’s greatest reformers

36
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Order of the revolutions

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Glorious Revolution , American Revolution, French Revolution

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Maximilien de Robespierre

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Led the reign of terror
led committee of public safety
executed by guillotine

38
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French Revolution supported which idea…?

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Hobbes; provide security

39
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England had ___________ colonies in _________________.

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13;America

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the people in the 13 colonies considered themselves ___________ citizens.

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English

41
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the American revolution supported which idea?

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Locke; protect freedoms

42
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The American Revolution ends in the set up of a _____________.

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Representative Democracy

43
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The glorious revolution lasted how long?

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100 years

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