MWH Module 3 Introduction Bellwork

What is a key difference between absolutism and constitutional democracy?

• Absolutism allows for citizen representation in government.

• Constitutional democracy concentrates power in the hands of a monarch.

• Absolutism centralizes power under a ruler with little to no checks.

• Constitutional democracy rejects Enlightenment ideas.

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that government should be based on a social contract and that people have the right to overthrow a corrupt government?

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Machiavelli

Match the leader with their contributions to government.

• Louis XIV

• Westernized and modernized Russia

• Napoleon

• Created the Napoleonic Code and expanded French influence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Wrote the Declaration of Independance

• Simon Bolivar

• "I am the state" (Absolute monarchy in France)

• Peter the Great

• Led Latin American independence movements

Place the following revolutions in chronological order.

• Latin American Revolutions

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

Sort the following political concepts into their respective categories.

Groups:

(a) Absolutism

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(b) Enlightenment & Democracy

• Divine Right of Kings

• Louis XIV

• Popular sovereignty

• Social contract

• Peter the Great

• Separation of powers

The French Revolution was inspired by ​ (a)   ideas, which emphasized individual rights, democracy, and the rejection of absolutism. Key documents such as the ​ (b)   outlined the rights of citizens, while figures like ​ (c)   played a role in the revolution.

• Enlightenment
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Renaissance
• Protestant Reformation
• Magna Carta
• Napoleonic Code
• US Constitution
• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Louis XIV

Match the revolutionary leader to their role.

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Declared Haiti’s independence

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• French Revolution leader and writer of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Led the Haitian Revolution

• Jean Jacques Dessalines

• Initiated Mexico’s fight for independence

Match each Enlightenment thinker to their corresponding idea.

• Rousseau

• Natural rights and the right to overthrow unjust governments

• Montesquieu

• Separation of powers

• Voltaire

• Government should be based on the general will of the people (Social Contract)

• John Locke

• Freedom of speech and religious tolerance

Which event symbolized the start of the French Revolution?

• The execution of Louis XVI

• The publication of The Spirit of the Laws

• The establishment of the Napoleonic Code

• The Storming of the Bastille

Categorize the following governments as either Absolutist or Representative.

Groups:

(a) Absolutist

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(b) Representative

• French Republic post-1789

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• American colonies post-1776

• France under Louis XIV

• British monarchy after the Glorious Revolution

• Russia under Peter the Great