French Revolution (Notes 11/13/07)
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- Natural Rights
- Philosphes believed humans had what type of rights?
- Clergy (1st Estate), Nobles (2nd Estate), Everyone else (3rd Estate)
- The population was divided into what three estates?
- Diderot ('The Encyclepedia')
- What French author thought absolutism was wrong?
- 'Letters Concerning the English'
- What did Voltaire write supporting limited monarcy
- No
- Did the 3rd Estate have much say in the Estates-General (law-making body)?
- Yes
- Were the nobles and clergy exempt from taxes?
- Montesqieu
- He wrote 'The Spirit of Laws' and felt there should be a seperation of goverment and check and balances.
- American
- Was Thomas Paine American or English?
- He was a poor leader
- What made Louis XVI unpopular?
- laissez-faire philosophy of economics
- Adam Smith stated that the people should be free to conduct business without goverment interference. What type of philosophy is this called?
- Royalty and clergy
- Who was in conflict and had to change with the ideas of Enlightment?
- Age of Reason
- The Englightment was also called the _______ ___ ______?
- city workers, peasants, bourgeoise
- Who made up the 3rd Estate?
- to create more just societies
- One of the main goals of the Enlightment was to what?
- Marie Antoinette
- Who was Louis XVI wife?
- 3rd Estate
- Who was taxed the most?
- 90%
- The 3rd Estate made up what percentage of the population?
- Bourbon Kings
- What lineage ruled the Old Regime in the 17th and 18th centuries?
- freedom of religion and speech
- What did Voltaire support?
- Imprisonment letters with a royal seal
- What were 'lettres de cachet'?
- Rousseau
- Who wrote the 'Social Contract'?
- Louis XIV and Louis XVI
- Name two absolute rulers of France.
- True
- Educated Europeans thought that natural laws ruled the physical universe. So it must be true in human society as well. True or false?
- English and American Revolutions
- The French ppl were aware and impressed by which two democractic revolutions?
- a land tax, labor on roads, a tithe to the church, and feudal dues to certain lords
- What were some of the taxes that the 3rd had to pay?
- Philosophes
- Thinkers, philosphers and writers who looked at social problems and believed everything should be open to resaon and criticism, were called what?