Absolutism, Enlightenment/French Rev.

Louis XIV spent lots of France's money building what?

• His own private church

• A wall between France and England

• A huge palace

• Food banks for the poor

Which Enlightenment thinker wanted separation of powers in governments?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

The French Revolution started when...

• The Bastille in Paris was stormed

• Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were beheaded

• Napoleon took control of France

• When France started helping the Americans in their revolution

Which thinker said everyone has natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Locke

What group of people make up the 3rd Estate in France?

• People who worked for the Catholic Church

• People who owned land or inherited money

• People who were doctors, lawyers, or farmers/peasants

• People who were not from France but lived in the country

What country does Napoleon try to invade, but fails in doing so?

• England

• Egypt

• Russia

• China

Which thinker said there should be a social contract between people and their government?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Which is a cause of Absolute Monarchs coming to power?

• Success from colonies

• Weakened Catholic Church

• Large, well-armed militaires

• All of these

Taxes paid to the first two estates in France went back to the community to help the 3rd Estate

• True

• False

Which thinker said that everyone has religious freedom and freedom of speech?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Wollstonecraft