Enlightenment / French Rev Flashcards
English philosopher who thought people were born with natural rights. He said the purpose of government was to protect people’s writes
John Locke
English thinker wrote leviathan he believed in absolute monarchy people should give up rights for protection and order
Thomas Hobbes
Was a French philosopher who thought people were born good and society corrupted people he believed the government should work in benefit with the common good
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Another French philosopher that thought the best form of government included the separation of power he wrote the spirit of laws he believed in Checks and balances
Baron de Montesquieu
French philosopher he attacked injustice he was imprisoned and exiled
Volitaire
Made the encyclopedia
Denis Diderot
She rejected the view of traditional women roles she wrote a vindication of the rights of women
Mary Wollstonecraft
Scottish economist wrote the book wealth of nations
Adam smith
An ancient regime made up of the three estates
The old Oder
The last king of France
Lois XVI
Last queen of France did not say let them eat cake
Marie -Antoinette
Estate that was made up of Roman Catholic clergy only about 1%of the population
First estate
Made up of nobility only had 3%of the population
Second estates
Made up of 97%of the population including the bourgeois and sans culottes
3rd estate
Group of professionals and tradesman in the 3rd estate who can be come wealthy but not politicly power full
Bourgeoisie
The working group of the third estate the name literally meant without knee breeches
Sans culottes
Was one of the fist meetings it met with the three estates but the third estate never got Beaty much rep
Estates general
Was a legislature with the right to make laws for France they met in the tennis qourt and wrote the constitution of France
National Assembly
After the fall of Bastille the worrie that the king would quench
The revolution
Spread of fear
This declaration laid out the basic principles of the French Revolution liberty equality inspired by the bill of wrights and the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of rights of man and citizen
Members of the national convention supported the the revolution try were the most radical
Montagnards
They were the second political faction and were moderates
Girodins
Advocate of violence radial thinker leader of the Paris sans culottes
Jean Paul Marat
He began as a violent agitator was very popular in the public he came to oppose violence
George’s Jacques Danton
