World History Review C - Absolutism & French Revolution

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The French Revolution began in

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1789

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The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

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the Enlightenment

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Why was voting in the Estates General unfair? Options: votes were not secret, each estate voted by how many members there were, each estate got the same number of votes, the King got two votes

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each estate got the same number of votes

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When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate

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met separately, declared themselves the new government, Created the National Assembly

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The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in

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the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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What was the Divine Right of Kings?

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God given right to rule

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Who was Louis XIV?

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This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility.

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Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.

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Versailles

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Known as the Sun King and the ruler of France

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Louis XIV

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A bloodless overthrow of the England ruler King James II

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Glorious Revolution