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39 Cards in this Set
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Divine Right
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The belief that kings recieve their power from Gob.
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Absolute Monarchy
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A tye of government where the king has all the power in government.
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Tyranny
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A corrupt government that abuses their power and takes away peoples' rights and freedoms.
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Enlightenment
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A time period in history when people challenged accepted beliefs about government.
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John Locke
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An Enlightenment philospher who believed in natural rights and right to revolution.
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Rousseau
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An Enlightenment philospher who believed in a social contract between the people and government.
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Montesquieu
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An Enlightenment philospher who believed in separation of powers and checks and balances.
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Natural Rights
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Rights people are born with; life, liberty and property.
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Right to Revolution
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People have the right to revolt and change the government if it becomes a tyranny.
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Social Contract
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An unwritten agreement between the people and govt. People give the govt. power and the govt. protects peoples' rights and freedoms.
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Separation of Powers
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Belief that the powers of govt. should be separated among different branches.
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Check and Balances
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Each branch of govt. has different but equal powers.
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Simon Bolivar
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Leader of 6 Latin American revolutions. He was inspired by the American and French revolutions.
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King James II
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The leader of England during the Glorious Revolution who gave up power without a fight.
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William and Mary
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The new king and queen of England after the Glorious revolution.
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How did the govt. change after the Glorious Revolution?
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The govt. changed from an Absolute Monarchy to a Constitutional Monarchy.
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Bloodless Revolution
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Another name for the Glorious Revolution because of the lack of violence.
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Taxation without Representation
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One of the main causes of the American Revolution.
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"Shot Heard Around the World"
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Referred to the importance of the American Revolution and how the rest of the world was watching to see what happened.
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What type of govt. was established after the American Revolution.
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Democracy
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1st Estate
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Members of the Catholic Clergy = 1% of the population
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2nd Estate
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The Nobility = 2 % of the population.
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Problems in France before the Revolution?
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Inequalities between the estates, govt. debt, crop failure/bread shortage.
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Estate General
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A meeting with representatives from all 3 estates to solve the problems in France.
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National Assembly
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The new govt. of the people created by 3rd Estate.
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Tennis Court Oath
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A promise by the members of the National Assembly to stand together until a constiution was written.
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Fall of the Bastille
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The start of the French Revolution when a mob of the 3rd Estate broke into the prison to steal gun powder.
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March to Versailles
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A mob of angry women who broke into the King and Queen's palace and forced them to return to Paris with the people.
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King Louis XVI
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The king of France during the French Revolution who was beheaded.
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Reign of Terror
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The most violent period of the French Revolution where the guillotine was used to execute people.
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Robespierre
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The leader of the Reign of Terror.
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Napoleon
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The person who became the leader of France after the French Revolution.
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Magna Carta
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The first written document to take power away from a king.
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English Bill of Rights
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Written document created after the Glorious Revolution that forced the king to share power with Parliament.
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US Constitution
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Written document created after the American Revolution that established a democratic govt.
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US Bill of Rights
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A list of peoples' rights, freedoms and protections against the govt. in the US.
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French Declaration of Rights of Man
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Written document created during the French Revolution that got rid of the estates and made all men equal.
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Congress of Vienna
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Meeting in Europe that restored Monarchies (kings) to power after the French Revolution.
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3rd Estate
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The majority of people in France who had no rights or freedoms, but were forced to pay all the taxes.
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