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| Montesquieu | a philosophe - he wanted government in 3 parts for a "balance of power" |
| Bastille | a French jail for anyone going against the King |
| Charlemagne | the 1st absolute monarch of France |
| divine right | the power to rule comes from God |
| Absolute Monarchy | when a king has TOTAL power = totalitarianism |
| Absolutism | often used to refer to the historical era of when kings had total power "Absolute Monarchy" |
| French Revolution | the end of Absolute Monarchy in France & the beginning of Napoleon |
| Code Napoleon | it guaranteed human rights such as "trial by jury/peers" freedom of religion |
| Enlightenment | an historical era: 1700s - "reason & science" can solve all problems |
| Hundred Years War | political war between France & England |
| Joan of Arc | she rallied French troops to victory over the English - Hundred Years War |
| John Locke | a philosophe - he said government & people had a "social contract" govt. ruled by will of people |
| Louis XIV | called the "Sun King" - built Palace of Versailles |
| Louis XV | ruled France at Age 5 - did nothing to stop economic & tax gap between rich & poor |
| Louis XVI | last Absolute Monarch in France - before French Revolution |
| Estates General | another term for the French Parliament |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who ended the French Revolution - guaranteed people rights |
| Palace of Versailles | built by King Louis XIV - site of 2 peace treaties (1871 & 1918) |
| philosophes | intellectuals / smart folks in the 1700s - thought "science & human reason" could solve all problems |
| Robiespierre | person in charge of "Committee for Public Safety" during Fr. Revl. - thousands died because of him |
| sovereignty | independence - to rule yourself |
| sovereign | another term for a king/ruler |
| Voltaire | French philosophe - wanted to get the people to overthrow King Louis XVI |
| Congress of Vienna | it restored the "Balance of Power" in Europe after Napoleon upset it |
