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31 Cards in this Set
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What makes an absolute monarchy?
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Rule by Divine Right, Political Sovereignty, No chacks & balances
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Intellectual movement
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Enlightenment
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Agreement
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Social Contract
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Declaration of Ind. Gov't by people, impeachment
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John Locke
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Against intolerance, prejudice, & superstition. Freedom of speach & religion. . 1st Amendment
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Voltaire
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Women deserved equality.. 19th Amendment
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Mary Wollstoncraft
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Justice System. Against torture. Punishment= crime. Speedy trial. Boll of Rights. 6th Amendment.
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Beccaria
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Only good gov't was direct democracy. Wrote Social Contract. Democratic System.
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Rousseau
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Separation of Powers. Developed checks & balances. 3 branches. Constitution.
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Montesquie
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Rulers who embraced Enlightenment ideas.
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Enlightened Despots
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Absolute Ruler
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Despot
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1st cause of Freanch Revolution
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Social Unrest
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2nd cause of FR
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Unfair Social Divisions
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3 Estates
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1st, 2nd, 3rd
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Clergy, 1% of population
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1st
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Nobles, 2% of population
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2nd
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Everyone else, 97% of population
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3rd
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3rd Cause of FR
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Unequal Tax Burdens
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4th Cause of FR
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Government debts
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5th cause of FR
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Financial Crisis
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6th cause for FR
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Abuse of power
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Price of 1 bread went up to an entire month's wage
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The Bread Riot
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Middle Class
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Bourgeois
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3rd estate called themselves
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National Assembly
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Symbolized end of absolute monarchy
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Tennis Court Oath
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Beginning of Revolution
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Storming Bastille
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July 14, 1789
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Bastille
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Wave of Senseless Panic
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Great Fear
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Nobles & others who fled the France
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Emigres
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Men who didn't wear knee britches. small workers & shop keepers.
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Sans-culottes
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Slogan
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Liberty, Life, Fraternity
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