The French Revolution and Romanticism Flashcards
What happend in the late 1700’s?
The enlightenment ideas spread in Paris France
Where did people discuss the enlightenment ideas?
At Salons
Where did slons take place?
Fashionable Mansions of the wealthy aristocracy
Who did salons attract?
writers, poets, musicians, important government officials, and other liberal minded aristocrats
What were the enlightenment ideas?
natural rights, the rights of man, religious tolerence, freedom of speech and press, and political freedom to choose their own leaders
Why was the king not happy to hear about the enlightenment ideas?
France had a monarchy and the king was born to rule
What wre locke’s main ideas?
people have natural rights and should be aloud to get rid of their governemt that takes away these rights
Who were the philosophes and what did they believe in?
Montesquieu, jean-jacques rousseau, and voltaire
They believed in justice, tolerence, and freedom
What did motesquieu write about?
he wrote about the french government critically
