Global 2 Regents Flashcards
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John Locke
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- Natural Rights
- Social Contract
- Consent of the governed
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J.J. Rousseau
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- General will
- Social contract
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Montesquieu
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- Separation of power
- Checks and balances
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Voltaire
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- Freedom of speech
- Religious toleration
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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- Education rights for women
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Adam Smith
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- Laissez Faire ( Where the gov. should not interfere with the business or economy )
- GIVES US CAPITALISM
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Capitalism
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- an economy where the gov. does not interfere a lot, people and companies decide things for themselves.
- Basically: everybody has the freedom to make choices about their company and money.
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The Rigid Social Hierarchy
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- The 3 estates
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Simon Bolivar
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- ” The Liberator”
- Influenced by the US, the FR ( John Locke) and Napoleon = led a revolt against Spanish colonial rule in South America
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Robespierre
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- Reign of Terror
- Everyones head being chopped off
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Sufferage
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MEANS VOTING NOT TO SUFFER
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION- What Caused it?
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- Absolute Monarchy
- Rigid Social Hierarchy
- Unfair justice and taxation
- Robespierre
- Simon Bolivar
- Toussaint = Leader of Haiti’s independence
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Encomienda system
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- Cash crops = Sugar, tobacco, cotton, and coffee
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Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Taking enslaved Africans to America
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