Absolutism And Enlightenment Flashcards
Believed that there should be a separation between the church and state
Voltaire
Believed that people were naturally evil and that the government should rise up to take care of the evil people
Thomas Hobbes
Believed that the government should be split into three sections
Montesquieu
Believed that people were born with natural rights and it was the governments job to protect them
John Locke
Believed that the people and government and a social contract
Rousseau
The belief that kings received the power to rule from God
Divine right
Person that took lead during the revolution
Robespierre
A time when people died to the guittone
Reign of terror
Last king of France
Louis xvi
Last queen of France
Marie Antoinette
A time period when the king was taken off the thrown and people question how France was being ran
French Revolution
Contraption that chopped heads off
Guittone
During the reign of terror who was safe
No one
Issac Newton explained the
Law of universal gravitation
What concept was the belief in divine right
Absolute rule
During the reign of Ivan the terrible which groups suffered the greatest loss of power
The serfs
Why did Peter the great build the city of St. Petersburg
He wanted a city on a seaport that would make easier to travel to the west
Which group Imposes the reign of terror
A committee Of public safety
Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
Question, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
What was the law of universal gravitation
All physical objects are affected equally by the same forces
