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33 Cards in this Set
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The _____, also known as the Age of Reason, applied reeason to the human world, not just the natural world, stimulated religious tolerance and fueled democratic revolutions around the world.
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Age of Enlightenment
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_____ believed that humans exist in a primitive state of nature and that absolute monarchy was the only way to control human nature and avoid chaos.
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Hobbes
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______ believed that people consent to government for protection of life, liberty, and property.
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Locke
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______ believed in seperation of governmental powers.
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Baron de Montesquieu
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________ believed that government is an agreement between rulers and the people. He called this agreement a _____.
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Rousseau/ social contract
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_______ believed in separation of church and state and freedom of speech.
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Voltaire
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The Enlightenment inspired these three important American documents:
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-Dec. of Independence
-U.S. Constitution -U.S. Bill of Rights |
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France's Three Estates:
First Estate= Second Estate= Third Estate= |
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-nobility -everyone else (peasants/bougeoisie/middle class) |
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The Three Estates were each represented with a single vote in the
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Estates-General
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The delegates representing the Third Estate made this pledge, the _______, when they were locked out of the Estates-General
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Tennis Court Oath
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The storming of the _____ was the first armed uprising against the king's rule and marked the begining of the French Revolution
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Bastille
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The _____ was a period of mass executions during the French Revolution to root out those suspected of being against the revolution.
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Reign of Terror
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_______ headed the Committee for Public Safety and was responsible for many executions until his own execution.
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Robspierre
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________ rose to power with victories over European powers trying to take advantage of France's instability.
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Napolean Bonaparte
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_____ was a grand, ornate style of art that represented the grandeur of European courts.
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Baroque
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The Baroque style of ar was part of the
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Catholic (Counter) Reformation
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_____ was a lighter, elegant and charming form of art that reflected the ideals of the Enlightenment.
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Rococo
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_____ was a German organist and Barogue composer.
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Bach
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______ was an Austrian and classical composer with more than 600 works composed in his lifetime.
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Mozart
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_____ was a French Romantic School painter who depicted the French Revolution in his work.
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Delacroix
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______ wrote ______, considered the first modern European novel.
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Miguel de Cervantes/ Don Quixote
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_____ improved year-round transport and trade.
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All weather roads
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New desings in _____ increased productiviy.
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farm tools
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Improvements in _____ lowered the cost of transport.
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ship design
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Describe three (3) causes of the French Recolution.
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Influence of Enlightenment ideas- such as rule by the people, no divine right, all are equal, and Gov. exists to serve the people.
Economic Crisis- (war debts) bankrupted France and angered people. Unequal representation- of the Third Estate (Tennis Court Oath). |
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Describe the outcomes of the French Revolution.
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It ended the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI. This left France without a ruler, and gave Napolean a chance to become emperor. He used his popularity to overthrow the Directory (5 man council). Then he assumed the title of Emperor of France.
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Describe the philosophical contributions of three Enlightenment thinkers.
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John Locke promoted the idea that people are sovereign. Montesquieu believed in seperation of powers. Voltaire believed in seperation of Church and State and the right to speak. These three thinkers helped inspire the American Revolution and America's documents. Without them, America's laws, rights, and guideline might have been significantly different.
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Who wrote "Two Treatises of Government"?
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John Locke
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Who wrote "The Spirit of Laws"?
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Who wrote "The Social Contract"?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Who wrote the "Leviathan"?
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Thomas Hobbes
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These paintings were huge, colorful, full of excitement, and grand/ ornate style. Part of the Catholic (Counter) Reformation.
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Baroque (old)
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This art moved away from religion. It was lighter, elegant, charming and more subdued. These were scenes of everyday life.
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Rococo
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