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41 Cards in this Set
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Wrote "Leviathan"
Said men are born evil Social Contract: can't be broken |
Hobbes
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Wrote "Treatise on Gov't"
Said we are born tabula rasa Said we are born w/ Natural Rights Social Contract: COULD be broken |
Locke
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People give up their rights to be protected by the gov't
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Social Contract
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"blank slate"
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Tabula Rasa
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Natural Rights
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life, liberty & property
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Wrote "Spirit of Laws"
Wanted to divide gov't power |
Montesquieu
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Wrote "Social Contract"
Said people are basically good |
Rousseau
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Wrote "Candide"
Writer & Essayist |
Voltaire
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Most influential Enlightenment philosopher
Wrote 3 Books: 1. Critique of Pure Reason 2. Critique of Practical Reason 3. Critique of Judgement |
Immanuel Kant
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Basic Principles of Enlightenment
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1. Progress
2. Reason 3. Cosmopolitanism: all created equal |
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God created us & let us go. Hands off.
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Deism
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God sometimes intervenes.
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Theism
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We can understand God through observing nature.
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Pantheism
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King of France @ time of French Revolution
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Louis XVI
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Leader of the Mountain Men.
Leads the Reign of Terror. |
Robespierre
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Extremely liberal group during revolution
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Mountain Men
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Leader of Girondists.
Executed during Reign of Terror. |
Marat
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Moderate group during revolution
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Girondists
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Estates General
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1. Clergy
2. Nobles 3. Bourgeoisie, peasants, urban workers |
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Causes of French Revolution
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1. Louis XIV left lots of debt.
2. Poor harvest -> high bread prices. 3. Failure of reform. |
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Delegates from 3rd Estate met & agreed to never separate, and to continue to meet until they created a new constitution.
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Tennis Court Oath
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People worried that troops would occupy Paris, so they demanded weapons from this fortress.
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Storming the Bastille
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Four Phases of French Revolution
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1. Moderate/National Assembly
2. Reign of Terror 3. The Directory 4. Napoleon |
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Middle-class militia lead by Marquis de Lafayette
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National Guard
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Written by National Assembly. Modeled after Declaration of Independence. Claims natural rights
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Revolutionary political club of lawyers and intellectuals.
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Jacobins
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Created by the radicals that took control of the National Assembly. Abolished the monarchy, seized nobles' lands and declared France a republic
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The National Convention
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Declared that all citizens must help war effort. Part of the National Convention.
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The Committee of Public Safety
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Conducted by Robespierre. 40,000 killed by the guillotine.
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Reign of Terror
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Lead by 5 men. Really unsuccessful.
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The Directory
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Increased Womens Rights During Revoltion
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1. Divorce easier.
2. Women could inherit property. |
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Set Backs For Women's Rights
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1. Women "unfit to practice politics"
2. Women's revolutionary clubs banned. |
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Changes During French Revolution
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1. No monarchy
2. abolished slavery 3. grand classic art style |
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Napoleon's Positive Accomplishments
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1. uniform laws
2. reformed taxed 3. Bank of France 4. stopped govt corruption 5. increased middle class 6. full employment 7. public education system |
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Napoleon's Negative Accomplishments
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1. highest taxes in europe
2. drafter over 2 million 3. no legislative power 4. limited movement in Fr |
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Discovered by Champolion while on a scientific expedition during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt.
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Rosetta Stone
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Admiral Nelson defeats French navy and prevents invasion of Britain
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleon defeats Austria & Prussia. Makes France dominant power in Europe
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Napoleon defeats Prussia & reorganizes H.R.E. into Confederation of the Rhine
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Battle of Jena
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Napoleon invades Spain. Spanish fight guerilla war and France never really wins.
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Peninsula War of 1808
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Napoleon overextends into Russia, and loses. He is forced to abdicate.
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1812 Invasion of Russia
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