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1
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1715

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death of Louis XIV

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2
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1730-1760

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First Great Awakening

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3
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1756-1763

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7 years war

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4
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May 1789

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estates general was called

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5
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July 14, 1789

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Bastille day

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6
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1812

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War of 1812, Made United States a power

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7
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June 1815

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Battle of Waterloo

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8
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What six purposes are specifically mentioned in the preamble?

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form a more perfect union
establish justice
ensure domestic tranquility
provide for the common defense
promote the general welfare
secure the blessings liberty to ourselves and our posterity

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9
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What are the two parts of the Congress of the United States?

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Senate and the House

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10
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How often are House members selected?

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2 years

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11
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For how long are senators chosen?

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6 years

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12
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In what house must bills regarding raising revenue originate?

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Senate

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13
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In what person does the Constitution vest executive power?

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the president

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14
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What is the length of the president’s term?

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4 years

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15
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Who appoints presidential electors?

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the people

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16
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Who has the power to ordain and establish “inferior courts”?

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the congress

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17
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What two conditions are placed on criminal trials?

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by jury and in the state where it happened

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18
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What are citizens of one state entitled to when in another state?

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all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states

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19
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Who is granted the authority to enter new states into the union?

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the congress

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20
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What kind of government is the United States to guarantee to every state in the union?

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republican form of government

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21
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What protections are afforded states by the United States?

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against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive against domestic Violence

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22
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What five freedoms is Congress forbidden to constrain under the First Amendment?

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establish religion, freedom speech, of the press, peaceable assembly,

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23
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What freedom does the Second Amendment protect?

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bare arms

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24
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According to the Tenth Amendment who is the recipient of those powers not granted to the United States or those powers not forbidden for the states to exercise?

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the people

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25
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What amendment established a graduated income tax?

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16

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26
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Which amendment allowed for Senators to be elected by the people from each state?

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17

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27
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Which Amendment stipulated the Vice President to succeed the President in the event of his removal?

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25

28
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Thirty years war

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1618-1648

29
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Peace of Westphalia

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ended 30 wars war, began religious skepticism, france rose to power

30
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Religious Skepticism

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religion = problem because the war
religion = excuse

31
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Louis XIV

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“i am the state,” constant wars

32
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Philosophes

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french term for philosophers, abolished tradition

33
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kant

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coined “enlightenment”
“dare to know”

34
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john locke

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empiricism

35
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empiricism

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all knowledge comes from experience
change man’s environment to change man
mother of many philosophies

36
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Montesquieu

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“spirit of las”, separation of powers

37
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Voltaire

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“father of the enlightenment”
rationalism
critic of Christianity

38
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rationalism

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man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth

39
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deism

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natural religion; reon is the sole criterion for truth

39
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Dederot

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encyclopedia, anti-evangelion
blames religion for all problems

39
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Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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“restore us to ignorance innocence and poverty!”
father of french romanticism

39
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Romanticism

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heart over head, ruled by passion

39
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rousseaux’s four key ideas

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commerce and society bring out our worst
General Will is the most important
Ideas on education
Romanticism

40
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Mary Wollstonecraft

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founder of modern feminism

41
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Benightment

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a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, overtaken by darkness

42
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Philipp Spener

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pietists, revitalize Lutheranism, piety above all

43
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Moravians

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Nicholas von Zinzendorf donated land, musical

44
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David Hume

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skepticism - how can we know truth

45
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john wesley

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started methodists

46
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Jonathan Edwards

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sinner in the hand of an angry god

47
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george whitefeild

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“apostle to two continents”

48
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enlightened despotism

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Monarchy style influenced by the enlightenment

49
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natural rights

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privileges that come from God and are available for all people

50
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Frederick the great

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prussia
most promising
4th largest army in Europe
impressive power - but never followed through with the enlightenment

51
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Joseph II

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austria
model philosopher
abolished serfdom
implemented religious freedom
curtailed capital punishment
everyone hated him

52
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Catherine the Great

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Russia
said she was philosophical but was a diest
concerns - her power, territorial expansion, put down peasant revolts

53
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Queen Anne

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united the kingdoms
last stuart monarch

54
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Hanoverians

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english kings from germany who did not want the postion or speak english

55
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Robert Walpole

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first true prime minister of england

56
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War of Austrian Succession

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prussia/france vs austria/britain
over Maria Therresa who gained the throne

57
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the 7 years war

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prussia/britian vs austria/france/russia
fighting in europe, india, and north america
ESTABLSIHES BRITAIN AS THE WORLD’S PREMIERE COLONIAL POWER

58
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the ancien regime

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social order in france prerevolution

59
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steps to the revolution

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enlightenment and romantisicm
national assembly
national convention
reign of terror
directory

60
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three estates

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first - clergy
second - nobility
third - everyone else

61
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Louis XVI

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