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18 Cards in this Set
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Glorious Revolution |
no fighting, when Mary and William took over England; began constitutionalism |
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English Bill of Rights |
limited power of monarchy, have to call parliament at least every 3 years, parliament will co-rule with monarchy |
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Toleration act in england |
allows any kind of protestant religion (bans Catholicism/judism) |
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Louis XIV (14th) |
the sun king; perfect example of absolutism, rules by himself only; total control over everything; "the state is me". versailles, uses merchantilism (wealth building up power); revocts religious toleration act; BOURBON |
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divine rights of kings |
kings are not accountable to anyone but God |
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Copernicus |
started the scientific revolution |
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Des cartes |
relates objective science to philosophy/faith; "cogito ego sum" I think therefore I am |
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Enlightenment |
1700; reason (apply rationality to this world) nature (follows laws/patterns) progress (man is perfectable, society restrains us from perfection) |
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Hobbes |
people are bad, supports absolutism |
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Locke |
answer to Hobbes; people are good, born free, entitled to life, liberty and property; government should protect peoples rights |
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Montesquie |
we need balance within power- checks and balances- |
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Voltaire |
government has to be equal, fair, have justice; agrees with Locke |
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Rousseau |
believed in a democracy; the mass of the people know whats best; society>individual |
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domestic system |
do extra work out of your house to make ends meet, anyone can do this |
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Wealth of Nations |
Adam Smith's economic model (supply and demand); gov has to get out of the way, let individuals do their own thing and they will maximize the use of resources |
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Peter the Great |
zaar of Russia who westernized Russia, became more like Europe, wants a warm water port for his navy, builds St. Petersburg, increased trade |
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Catherine the Great |
enlightened absolutist; builds medical school for girls, wants justice, education, organised government with her at the head, supports trade, creates (and wins) war against Ottomans, got the warm water port |
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scientific revolution |
1500-1600; rational thinking |
