Enlightenment and Revolution

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Time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th Centuries when Philosophers began applying the concept of reason to the political environment and challenged absolutism (unlimited government).

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Enlightenment

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Which enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights?

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John Locke

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The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

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Natural Rights

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

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Montesquieu

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An Unlimited Government where the king or queen have unlimited power

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Absolute Monarchy

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The concept that people have to agree to be governed. If the government fails to protect their rights, people can revolt and abolish the government.

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Social Contract

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This Enlightenment thinker believed in freedom of speech

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Voltaire

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Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

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True

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One of the first radical moves of the Reign of Terror was sending King Louis XVI to what?

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The Guillotine

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What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

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inequalities in the tax structure