Chapter 20 Flashcards

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English civil war

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Parliament did not want an absolute monarch

King v.s. Parliament

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Universal manhood sufferage

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The right for all me to vote

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Cavaliers

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The king and his supporters

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Roundheads

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Parliament and their supporters

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Commonwealth

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Not under the control of a king

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Glorious revolution

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When England kicked out their current king and summoned William of Orange (Dutch) to be there new king

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Limited constitutional monarchy

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The king needs to share his power with parliament

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John Locke

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Says that people are good and don’t need a very strict government

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Thomas Hobbes

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Said that people were not good and needed guiding. A strong ruler is needed to control people into doing the right thing

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English Sea Dogs

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Hired English pirates, they stole gold from the Spanish

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Oliver Cromwell

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Led the Roundheads, he became the protector of the people

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The Enlightenment

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A time of critical thinking and philosophes

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Voltaire

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Invented concept of electricity and the battery

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Montesquieu

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Write a book called “the spirit of the laws” which spoke about a perfect government in his eyes.

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Wollstonecraft

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First woman’s-rights activists

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Rousseau

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Wrote “the social contract” stating that people should take part in government

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Natural rights

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Everyone is born free