Enlightenment Vocab

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Kings or Queens with total power

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Absolute Monarch

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Government agents used by Louis XIV for tax collection and justice administration.

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Intendents

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Intellectual movement emphasizing reason, thought, and individual problem-solving.

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Enlightenment

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Social critics or philosophers from France.

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Philosophe

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Hobbes' idea: humans are selfish and must surrender rights to a strong ruler for government.

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Social Contract

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French Protestant

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Huguenots

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Pledge by France’s National Assembly members in 1789 to meet until a new constitution was drawn up.

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Tennis Court Oath

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Social classes of France: 1st Estate: Church leaders, 2nd Estate: rich nobles, 3rd Estate: 97% of the people.

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Estate

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French congress by Third Estate for laws and reforms.

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National Assembly

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Gathering of all three estates of France called by the king.

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Estates-General