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50 Cards in this Set
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Government where the power of the crown is unchecked.
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Absolute Monarchy
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Another name for the Age of Monarchs.
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Age of Absolutism.
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Strongest nation in Europe during the 1500s and early 1600s.
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Spain
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Was both the Holy Roman Emperor and the king of Spain.
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Charles V
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Dynasty of Charles V and Philip II.
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Hapsburg
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When Charles V divided his empire his son Phillip II became _________.
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King of Spain
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Strongest monarch during Spanish supremacy
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Philip II
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Philip II and other absolute monarchs believed they were kings by ________.
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Divine Right
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He used wealth (gold & silver) from colonies to build the largest and strongest army in Europe.
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Philip II
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Philip II saw Spain as the defender of the __________.
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Catholic Faith
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He involved Spain in wars against the enemies of Catholicism. (Protestants, Muslims etc.)
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Philip II
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Galileo was forced to recant by the ____________.
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Galileo was forced to recant by the ____________.
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Demonstrated that planets move in ellipses/ovals.
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Demonstrated that planets move in ellipses/ovals.
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His discoveries changed the view of the universe more than anyone else's
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His discoveries changed the view of the universe more than anyone else's
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He laid the foundations for the scientific theories that susquently revolutionized the world
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He laid the foundations for the scientific theories that susquently revolutionized the world
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Newton developed the theory of ____________.
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Newton developed the theory of ____________.
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Newton's discoveries led people to view the universe as _________.
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Newton's discoveries led people to view the universe as _________.
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He developed Calculus.
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He developed Calculus.
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Hobbes, Locke& Rousseau were all considered _________.
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Hobbes, Locke& Rousseau were all considered _________.
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Form of Gorernment advocated by Thomas Hobbes.
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Form of Gorernment advocated by Thomas Hobbes.
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He believed people had Natural Rights to life, liberty and property.
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He believed people had Natural Rights to life, liberty and property.
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Total skeptic.
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David Hume
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He believed that reason could NOT be used to explain questions of metaphysics.
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Immanuel Kant
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Tries to answer ultimate and universal questions.
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Metaphysics
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Kant believed that things that cannot be perceived in ________ cannot be known.
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experience
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John Locke believed the mind to be a __________.
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Tabula rasa(blank slate)
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Belief that God started the universe like a perfect clock and then left it alone.
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Deism
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Some people reacted to the Enlightenment and did not believe that _________ could explain the universe.
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reason alone
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Monarchs who used their power to bring about positive political and social changes.
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Enlightened Despots
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King of France at the beginning of the French Revolution.
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Louis XVI
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First Estate.
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Catholic Clergy
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Second Estate.
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Noblility
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Bourgeoisie, artisans, and peasants.
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Third Estate
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Middle Class
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Bourgeoisie
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Large Gap between the rich and the poor, heavy tax burden on the Third Estate, First & Second Estate don't pay taxes, Elightenment ideas of freedom & Equality, growth of the middle class, & wide spread famine.
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Causes of the French Revolution.
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In 1789 Louis XVI called a meeting of the _________ for the first time in over 150 years.
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Estates General.
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Louis XVI called the Estates General because he needed to _____.
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raise money
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Third Estate wanted to vote as______.
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delegates.
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Louis XVI refused the Third Estate’s request for a _________.
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Mass Meeting (voting as delegtes)
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The Third Estate declared itself to be the _____________.
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National Convention.
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Seized control of Assembly, removed king from office. (French Revolution)
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Jacobins.
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Jacobins killed people they claimed were _____________.
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Counter-revolutionaries
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National Convention abolished Monarchy and declared France a _______.
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Republic
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Convicted of Treason and executed by the National Convention.
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Louis XVI
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During the French Revolution European monarchies fearing the spread of revolution to their countries ____.
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allied against France
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Because of threats from within, and without, the Convention formed the ____________.
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Committee of Public Safety
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Jacobin became the head of the Committee of Public Safety.
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Robespierre
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To stop counter-revolution the committee began the ________. (500,000 people arrested, 40,000 guillotined.
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Reign of Terror
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Whole society helps to defeat enemy.
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Mass Moblization
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Members of the Convention turned on him because they feared for their own safety. He was guillotined along with many of his followers.
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Robespierre
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