Era Of Revolution

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Era of resolution

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Bought about drastic change

Political social and economical change

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Scientific resolution

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Changed the way ppl look at world of science bought about the enlightenment

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Natural law

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Using reasoning and logic to solve problems

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What convinced ppl to except natural law?

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Success

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Hobbes

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Ppl need control
Absolute monarchy
Social contract

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John Locke

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Believes in human rights from birth

Great influence on Europeans

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Enlightenment despot

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Absolute monarch who is willing to listen to ppl and make some political/social changes

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What did Locke write?

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Two treaties of government

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Hobbes

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Author of leviathan

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Montesquieu

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Author of the spirit of laws
Main idea
Criticized absolute gov (French) believes in 3 branches of gov and checks and balances
Influenced the structure of the U.S.

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Voltaire

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Into political freedom, of press and speech
Poet
Increases English pride in freedom and rise of enlightenment despot

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Rousseau

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Author of social contract believes ppl should govern some control necessary but minimal into community as whole not individual good
Impact is he influenced leaders of French and American revolution

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Adam smith

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Authored the wealth of nations
Believes in free market economy no mercantilism capitalism “laissez faire” all business run without government believes in taking goods from own country
His policies made impact

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Enlightenment despot leaders

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Catherine the great
Peter the great
Frederick the great
Maria Theresa 
Joseph the second

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Catherine

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From Russia
Takes away torture and religious tolerance
Read/praised work of philosophers
Gave rights to serfs

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Peter the great

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Country Russia

He westernized Russia

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Fredrick the great

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Prussia 
Still wants to be monarchy 
Reduced torture 
More efficient gov and simplified laws
Freedom of press

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Maria Theresa

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Austria
Absolute monarch but improves peasant life
Son-Joseph more into enlightenment despot

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Joseph the second

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Austria
He invoked himself with subjects 
Supports equality 
Abolished serfs 
Most radical

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Why we’re philosophers interested in sharing ideas with European monarchs?

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They tried to persuade monarchs to bring about change

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Enlightenment encouraged

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Philosophers writers and thinkers to bring about change

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Enlightenment

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Physiological movement

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Enlightenment ideas

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Checks and balances
Separation of powers Government powers come from the ppl
Ppl have natural rights

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Enlightenment ideas used in constitution

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Checks and balances
Separation of three branches of government
Gov authority comes from ppl
Guarantee individual rights

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France conditions prior to revolution 1789 political

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Now according to old regime
Lois the fourteenth very cruel divides ppl into three estates 1. Nobles 2.clergies 3.common ppl-bourgeoisie then tenant ta then urban workers||who were 90% of the population they paid most tax no say in gov

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France conditions-economical

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Gov used more $ than had
Country bankrupt
Hunger spread due to bad crops
Drought

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Why didn’t France have $

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Cause war in America

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Lafayette and Thomas Paine

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From France
Noble/general
Help Americans fight
Brings ideas from American Revolution to French Revolution from dop

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National Assembly

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Lois the XVI is weak king called generals to versatile to discuss how to make change like tax reforms freedom of press etc 3rd estate always outnumbered June 17 1789 they declared themselves National Assembly

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Storming of bastille

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Parisians upset after meeting cuz didn’t want monarchy wanted to completely destroy it
Prison that represents old regime they destroyed it on July 14 1789 didn’t find weapons but freed prisoners
Start of revolution

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Peasants revolt

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Went to manors and burnt all the records to get out of paying taxes and also stole grains

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Rumor

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That the gov is gonna take more peasants crops

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When was dec of rights of man passed?

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August 27 1789

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When was French con. written?

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1791

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What did the National Assembly do in 1790?

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Abolished all privileges and special tax of Catholic Church
Freedom of worship
Confiscated all church land
Put the church under gov control

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What happened in 1792 (2)?

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1. King Lois xvi brought to trial and executed

2. Delegates elected by universal manhood to national convention

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What replaces National Assembly in 1792?

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National convention

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What does radical mean?

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Supports change

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What was the national convention token over by?

And what did they do?

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By extremists groups

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What did Danton and Robespierre start?

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Reign of terror which executed all enemies of the revolution

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Who ruled after extremists groups?

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A more moderate group of anti jacobins
Robespierre and Danton were sentenced to die
Made a new constitution in 1795