Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Absolutism
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A system where the absolute monarch is given the power to rule the land and the people by the divine right of kings In his actions, the monarch is answerable only to god
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Bourgeois
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The middle class
3
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Monarchy
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A form of government in which a group, generally a family representing a dynasty, embodies the country’s national identity and its head, the monarch, exercises the role of sovereignty
4
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Coup D’état
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a sudden seizure of government
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Philosophers
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French philosophers of the 18th century- such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau- who advanced the supremacy of human reason and dedicated themselves to the advancement of science and secular thought
