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WorksheetsAbsolutism, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 1mins
Enlightenment
emphasized use of reason
Natural Rights
rights you have from birth
Absolute Monarch
ruler has complete power
Divine Rights
authority to rule comes from God
Laissez-faire
little to no government involvement
Argued that government should be LIMITED to protect humans natural rights
Charles V
Thomas Hobbes
George Washington
John Locke
Which country had a constitutional monarchy?
France
Japan
Russia
Britain
The power of the human mind to think and understand in a logical way
reason
philosophies
natural rights
contract
A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born wth
divine right
philosophes
natural rights
contract
Baron de Montesquieu believed government should be
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 person(s) who had unlimited authority and almost no legal limit.
A Monk
Absolute Monarch
A Philosophe
A Salon Manager
Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.
John Locke
Mary Wollstonecraft
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".
Montesquieu
John Locke
Rousseau
What is "self-government"?
an agreement between the people and the government.
creates natural rights
self-rule (people can rule themselves)
people are not able to govern themselves
fought for freedom of speech and opposed religious intolerance and corruption in government
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Belief that authority comes from reason and not God
Enlightenment
Constitution
Absolutism
Philosophers
People are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish. Powerful government needed to ensure orderly society
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Social Contract. People are born good but corrupted by society. Limited and freely elected government
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Louis XIV (absolute monarch of France in the 1600s) built a lavish palace south of Paris called:
Buckingham Palace
Sans Souci
Versailles
The Escorial
This absolute monarch westernized Russia (1682-1725) after visiting France and other countries in Western Europe before becoming Czar
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Louis XIII
This king of England was behead by order of Parliament in 1649.
James I
James II
Charles I
Charles II
Puritan ruler of England (1649-1658) during the Protectorate
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
Louis XIV
Henry VIII
The Puritan opponents of the monarchy and Anglican Church were called the
Cavaliers
Roundheads
Royalists
Anabaptists
Who tried to invade Russia?
Napoleon
Charles II
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
Which document came about as a result of the French Revolution?
Constitution of 1795
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Who was executed via guillotine ending the monarchy in France?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Peter the Great
William and Mary
Lewis and Clark
Which revolution was the French Revolution inspired by?
English
Glorious
American
Scientific
Match the following groups of people
First Estate
Clergy with most of the wealth
Second Estate
Nobles
Third Estate
Bourgeoisie and poor peasants
sans-culottes
working class men/women of revolution
Reign of Terror
quick trials & executions by guillotine
Which event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?
The Storming of the Bastille
The signing of the Magna Carta
The Battle of Waterloo
The Reign of Terror
