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Worksheet time: 18mins
Absolutism means
the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church.
ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.
subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state.
no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics.
During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to
Develop better relations with muslim rulers
Centralize political power in their nations
Encourage the growth of political farms
Increase human rights for citizens
Who was Peter the Great?
This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European
This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility
This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best
This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them
The Declaration of Independence was influenced by what enlightenment thinker who suggested, "men are free" under the social contract?
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
What are the natural rights, suggested by John Locke?
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
Property
Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Metternich
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint l'Ouverture
William Wilberforce
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Revolution in Mexico
Revolution in France
Slave revolt in Haiti
Uprising in Colombia
