History Quiz Flashcards
What does Enlightenment mean?
Understanding/change in attitude
What did ppl start to believe during the enlightenment
That everyone can have a share in govt
What was the goals of the enlightenment
They wanted to get things that can benefit them like food, shelter and materialism (material wellbeing)
What did poor ppl want
Social justice
What did the poor have to overcome to be happy 4 things
- Superstition
- Ignorance
- Intolerance
- Tyranny
What did Thomas Hobbes do
He wrote a book called leviathan saying everyone is born cruel and evil and they need a social contract (saying govt shud order obedience)
What did John Locke say
If u don’t like ur govt u can overthrow it
Everyone has natural rights to property life and liberty
What was britains limited monarchy
Kings power is shared w the parliament and they’re called nobles
What did the Britain nobles issue
The Magna Carta that said kings can’t do certain things like impose a tax w/o parliaments permission
What did Baron de Montesquieu do
First person to make 3 branches of govt
What did Voltaire believe in
Freedom of speech
What did Diderot do
Put ideas into an encyclopedia and spoke against Catholic Churches
What did Rosseu say
Organized society can harm us and that community rights are greater than single human rights
What was the vindictation of the rights of women
A book that said women need an education to engage in public life
Biggest problem of an absolute monarchy
Only one ruler had complete power so the citizens weren’t able to vote which took away freedom of speech
What was Copernicus theory
Sun is the center of universe and earth like all planets orbit the sun
What did Galileo do
Invented a military compass and improved telescope that gave a good view of planets
What did new town discover/do
Discovered gravity and the laws of motion that says everyone is in a motion in a straight line unless hit by something
With every action these an opposite equal rxn (mutual action of motion is equal to each other)
What did Magna Carta say more specifically
Written by Archbishop of Canterbury
King wanted all power for himself and Barron’s wanted to divide the power among the ppl
It said the kings have to obey the laws of the land guaranteeing rights of ppl of church
Said no illegal imprisonments
King has to be humane
Who was against the Magna Carta
The pope
