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| What is absolutism and divine right? | kings ruled with total power directly from God |
| Who was the Sun King? | Louis XIV (of France) built Versailles |
| Who was Louis XVI? | King of France beheaded during the French Revolution |
| Who was Frederick the Great? | Enlightened monarch (benevolent despot) of Prussia |
| Who was Peter the Great? | Ruler who westernized Russia |
| How did the English Civil War promote the rights of Englishmen? | Put a check on the King's power; Parliament v. King |
| How did the Glorious Revolution promote the rights of Englishmen? | created a constitutional limited monarchy (James II flees, William and Mary take over |
| Who was Oliver Cromwell? | led Parliamentary forces in English Civil War, ruled country for period after |
| What was the Restoration? | Charles II returns to the throne of England |
| What was the English Bill of Rights of 1689? | established limited monarchy in England |
| What was the Enlightenment? | Applied reason to the human world, not just natural world, changed political thinking |
| Who was Thomas Hobbes? | Wrote Leviathon, state must hold all power to manage behavior; humans are naturally wicked |
| Who was John Locke? | Life, liberty, property, social contract, people hold power,wrote Two Treatises on Govt |
| Who was Montesquieu? | wrote The Spirit of Laws, separation of powers |
| Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau? | The Social Contract |
| Who was Voltaire? | separation of church and state |
| How did the Enlightenment influence the US Constitution and Bill of Rights? | separation ofpowers from Montesquieu, Voltaire- separation of chuch state |
| What were the causes of the French Revolution? | Enlightened ideas, American Revolution, dissatisfied Third Estate |
| What was the Reign of Terror? | Violent period of French Rev led by Robespierre |
| What were the outcomes of the French Revolution? | Napoleon, then a return to monarchy; but it spread Enlightened ideas |
| What influence did the American and French Revolutions have on colonies worldwide? | They began to push for independence as nationalism grew |
| Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture? | Led slave revolt in Haiti/Dominican Republic |
| Who was Simon Bolivar? | Led independence movement in Venezuela, South America (break from Spain) |
| Who were Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? | Composers |
| Who was Eugene Delacroix? | French Romantic Painter |
