Social Studies 11 - First Semester Flashcards
Define Nationalism
Nationalism comes from the belief that a people of a nation hold that describes how they have are all pursuing national interests. Pride in the nation.
Define Nation
A large group of people who see themselves as having a common history.
What is important about the Bastille?
It was a fortress taken during the French Revolution that contained many of France’s weapons. It was an event that sparked much of the revolution.
Who were the Jacobins?
Some crazy French dudes who took over the French government during the French revolution; They tended to do extreme things and make irrational changes, much like Lincoln (the student not the president).
What’s the Cult of the Supreme Being?
It was a form of deism established in France by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution. It was intended to become the state religion of the new French Republic. It was an attempt to introduce a nationalistic religion based on deism, the Enlightenment-era belief that God existed but did not interfere or intervene in the destinies of men.
What led to the rise of the merchant class?
Due to new transportation methods, merchants begin to become much richer. Some ever surpass many seats in the government in terms of wealth. The merchants then have reason to revolt due to taxation without representation.
What are the three estates?
The Clergy, the Nobility, and the Peasants
Who was Edmund Burke?
He is sometimes viewed as the philosophical founder of conservatism. He was for the American revolutions but against the French one.
What is conservatism?
It is a political and social philosophy promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of the culture and civilization. “Maintaining the status quo”
Who was Maximilien de Robespierre?
He was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He became part of the Jacobins.
Who were the Girondists?
A political faction in the French Revolution, campaigned against the monarchy, but did not support the chaotic revolutionary actions taken by the country. Sought a middle ground.
Who was Thomas Paine?
Thomas Paine published “common sense” (a pamphlet that promoted the American revolution).
Estates General? What’s that?
An advisory body to the king, assembled whenever called for. Each estate is given equal representation, giving excessive representation to the nobility and the clergy
What was the Seven Years War?
It was a global colonial competition between Britain and France. The French and Indian war was a part of this war. Proclamation of 1763 angered the British colonists and motivated them to want independence. King George III decided to tax the colonists instead of the “benign neglect” they had been practicing for a while.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
It is when the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
