Absolutism and Reboltuions Review

Who believed in dividing government power into 3 brances known as separation of powers.

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

What event lead people to start using more logic and reasoning and questioning faith.

• Divine Right of Kings

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• French Revolution

Time period where the ideas of philosophers lead to governments protecting the rights of citizens.

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Absolutism

• French Revolution

Divine Right of Kings

• Monarchs have limited power and are controlled by an elected government

• Citizens vote on all matters

• Citizens choose people to represent them

• Monarchs power comes from God.

What idea did the Enlightenment support?

• Obey all monarchs

• Keeping society the same way it has always been

• Following the rules of religion and the church

• Using logic and reasoning

Who was able to benefit from a merrit based sytem and still become an absolute ruler?

• King Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Catherine the Great

• Joseph II

What was an enlightened absolutist?

• A monarch that gave up their power and control

• A monarch that made their government more complicated

• A monarch that embraced some ideas of the philosophers

• A monarch that only relied on the church

What Enlightenment ideas did NOT influence the Declaration of Independence?

• Rosseau's Social Contract

• King Louis XIV's Divine Right of Kings

• Montisquieu's Separation of Powers

• Locke's Life, Liberty and Property

"Natural Rights" as outlined by John Locke are

• Life, Liberty, Property

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Women are equal to men

What event demonstrated that the people were willing to force King Louis XVI to listen to their demands?

• Formation of the National Assembly

• Convening the Estates-General

• Storming of the Bastille

• Making Napoleon the head of the military