Enlightenment and the French Revolution

Separation of Powers

• Separating the ruler from the military.

• Dividing powers equally among organizations

• Dividing powers equally among three people

• Dividing powers equally among three branches of government.

A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born wth

• divine right

• philosophes

• natural rights

• contract

Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Rousseau

Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.

• John Locke

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Thomas Hobbes

Enlightenment thinker who was a pioneer for women's rights and education.

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

A place where Enlightenment thinkers got together to discuss Enlightenment ideas

• divine right

• salon

• laissez-faire

• bourgeoisie

The power of the human mind to think and understand in a logical way

• reason

• philosophies

• natural rights

• contract

Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had

• a smaller tax burden than the other estates

• greater political influence than the clergy

• a voice in government equal to that of the First and Second Estates

• a high tax burden and little political power

Commoners-the bourgeoisie, professionals, peasants, and urban populace-made up which estate in France?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

The leader of the Reign of Terror & the Committee of Public Safety was

• Marie Antoinette.

• Olympe de Gouges.

• Maximilien Robespierre.

• Dr. Joseph Guillotin.