Age Of Absolutism And Enlightenment Flashcards
Huguenots
French Protestants
Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
3,000 Huguenots were killed
Edict of Nantes
Granted religious toleration and other freedoms to Huguenots
Louis XIV
Inherited throne at 5 Disorder sweeps France after this Converted to Catholicism Advisor is Cardinal Mazarin "I am the state" Believed in his divine right to rule with absolute power Sun King
Sun King
Nickname for Louis XIV because everything revolved around him and he sort of dominated everything
Henry IV
Huguenot prince who inherited the throne
Did Edict of Nantes and restored order to France after the quarrel between Huguenots and Catholics
“I am the State”
Quote by Louis XIV
Something else
Intendants
Were appointed by Louis XIV
Collected taxes, recruited soldiers, and carried out policies
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Louis XIV’s finance minister
Imposed mercantilist policies
High tariffs on imported goods
Mercantilism
Belief that colonies are necessary to supply countries with gold and silver
Versailles
Massive palace Louis XIV built during his reign
Symbolizes his royal power
Levée
King’s rising: daily grand ritual that emphasized his own importance
Louis manipulated the nobles into becoming his servants by making them want privileges instead of power (their peer was a threat to monarchy power)
Balance of power
Balance of military and economic power between European countries
Look up textbook definition
Thomas Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan Bad view of human nature Order is purpose of gov Absolute monarchy is the best Influenced Constitution with powerful executive branch
State of Nature
Situation without government, employed in social contract theory to justify political authority
John Locke
Wrote Two Treaties of Government
Good view of human nature
Gov needs to protect natural rights
People should have right to revolt, limited monarchy is the best
His ideas would influence important American Revolution leaders (Ben Franklin, Jefferson, Madison)
His idea of revolution would echo across Europe and Latin America
Natural Rights
Rights that belonged to everyone from birth, including life, liberty, and property
Philosophes
Means philosophers in French
People/writers/thinkers of the Enlightenment
Include Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and Adam Smith
Rousseau
Wrote The Social Contract
People are born good but are corrupted by society
Gov should provide for general will
Thought majority rules
Influenced Thomas Paine and brought to mind voting/elections
Voltaire
Wrote Candide
New ideas: Freedom of Speech (1st amendment in Bill of Rights)
Real name: Francois-Marie Arouet
Baron de Montesquieu
Wrote The Spirit of the Laws
Good view of human nature
Gov prevents tyranny (which is a bad absolute monarchy)
Came up with 3 branches of gov, separation of powers, and checks and balances
Influenced US with his 3 branches and checks and balances: executive-president-veto; legislative-Congress-impeach President and override veto; judicial-Supreme Court-judicial review
Social contract
People give up their freedom for an organized society/protection
Diderot
Wrote Encyclopedia
Published ideas of enlightenment and like that spread across Atlantic to Americas