Revolutions

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Hobbes

Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?

• Rousseau
• Beccaria
• Wollstonecraft
• Locke

Napoleon's empire was built using

• Slave power from conquered states

• Alliances in Europe

• Conquering countries in Europe with military

• Alliances with royal heads of states

Which of the following accurately describes the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizenship"?

• Equal rights for all citizens, including equal political rights for women.

• An end to the monarchy and the abolishing of a National Assembly.

• Equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women.

• An end to the National police force.

Controls every aspect of life

Divine Right

Right to rule is passed through the blood line

Only authority

These are all...

• Effects of Absolutism

• Causes of Absolutism

• Characteristics of Absolutism

A king or queen who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people

• absolute monarch

• balance of power

• divine right

• habeas corpus

• limited monarchy

What is an absolute monarchy?

• The power is in the hands of all.

• All of the power is given to the people and no power is given to the monarch.

• The king (monarch) has all of the power.

Who said, "I am the state?"

• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great
• The State Legislative
• Bloody Mary

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Life, Equality, & Happiness

• Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

• Live Free, Die Hard

Which enlightenment idea most heavily influenced what was written in the Bill of Rights?

• Absolutism

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights