Global Review
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- Emigre
- person who fled France in high hopes that by leaving Louis XVI would return to power
- English Bill of Rights
- document signed by William and Mary
- National Assembly
- formed by Third Estate. took tennis court oath did not leave until a constitution was written
- Scientific Method
- process of observing, proving hypotheses and and experimenting.
- Left Wing (political spectrum)
- where liberals sat. wanted PROGRESS and REPUBLIC
- Spanish Armada
- invasion on England by Phillip IIs navy. Took 2 yrs. to plan. May 30, 1588-130 ships, 33,000 men sailed for England. England had better ships and set back spanish ships.
- "Reign of Terror"
- effort where Jacobins set out to crush all opposition within France by terrorizing everyone who did not agree with them, (July 1793-July 1794)
- roundheads
- supporters of parliament and puritans.
- Political Spectrum
- political opinion in National Assembly.
- prime minister
- head of English cabinet and chief executive of a parlimentary democracy
- Guillotine
- killing machine. used to chop people's heads off. *execution*
- Inquisition
- set up to question loyalty of large minorities in spain, only wanted catholicism as a religion. actions led to a revolt in Spain in 1569
- moderates
- sat in the middle. Monarchy
- Heliocentric
- means that the sun is the center of the earth
- Bastille
- famous prison in Paris. Storming of the Bastille-July 14, 1789/fall of Bastille.
- Divine Right of Kings
- popular theory that stated that the kings/queens believed they were the direct descendant from the gods and they were to rule absolutely
- Reactionary
- EXTREME radicals who wanted a Monarchy... the old Regime. Strongly opposed to changes, wanted to return to past
- Mestizo
- native american and white ancestry. At bottom of social pyramid
- Mulatto
- african and white ancestry bottom of social pyramid
- Balance of Power
- a distribution of power such that no one nation is able to dominate or interfere with other nations
- Third Estate
- 97% population. owned 40% of the land. including:peasants, doctors, artisans, members of Bourgeoisie. Had no political rights, paid special land tax to king.
- Salon
- gathering of intellectuals to discuss philosophies and engage in conversation
- Peninsulares
- Europeans from Spain or Portugual who lived in the colonies and held all political and military power
- glorious revolution
- time when William and Mary ruled. No wars/blood
- Restoratoin
- Restoring the crown to a family
- commonwealth
- state governed by elected representatives
- philosophe
- french word for philosopher
- Royalist
- on the political spectrum, far right side. cavalier who supported monarchy of Charles I
- enlightened despots
- monarchs who attempted to practice some of the political ideas of the enlightenment