Causes of French Revolution

After the Third estate got kicked out of Versailles they met up at a nearby tennis court. They agreead to create a constitution and make a national assembly in THIS. June 20th 1789

• Tennis Court Oath

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• August Decrees

• Constitution of 1791

• What is the Third Estate

18th Century Era of progress focused on using rational thought to explain human thought, governments, and how the universe works

• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution
• French Revolution
• Absolutism
• Columbian Exchange

A ruler with absolute power who justified their rule by the ideas of the enlightenment and tried to use their power to enact positive reforms -Focused on social reform, and laws that generally benefited the general society -Combatted serfdom, implemented more fair taxes, religious freedom Examples: Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, Maria Theresa, Joseph II

• Absolute Monarch
• Scientific Monarch
• Enlightened Monarch
• Constitutional Monarch
• James I of England

Philosophe who described natural rights as life liberty property and said people had duty to revolt if those rights were not protected.

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau

Philosophe who believed in separation of religion from state, was anti-organized religion and wrote Candide

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau

Philosophe who wrote Spirit of Laws and suggested idea of 3 branches of government

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau

Philosophe who wrote "Encyclopedia" with D'Almbert; philosophe

• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Diderot
• Rousseau

Controlled the Catholic church closely, granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews, abolished serfdom, and declared one language over the nation, created a secret police

• Maria Theresa
• Frederick the Great
• Catherine the Great
• Joseph II
• Louis XVI

King of France during Seven Year War; created Maupeau parliament to try to enact reforms (failed); made taille, a land tax paid only by peasants

• Louix XIV
• Louis XV
• Louis XVI
• Joseph II
• Robespierre

Ruler of Russia who created the Nakaz, which was not enacted, based on ideas from Montesquieu

• Maria Theresa
• Frederick the Great
• Catherine the Great
• Joseph II
• Louis XVI