WH Ch 4-6 vocab review Sem 1

Jacobian revolutionary who led the Reign of Terror

The wealthiest members of the Third Estate

Its powers are defined and limited by law

A government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people

French journalist who demanded equal rights for women

Working class revolutionaries

Whig leader often called Britain’s first prime minister

Editor of the controversial Encyclopedia    

Leading painter during the French Revolution      

First woman to rule the Hapsburg lands

Life, liberty and property are examples of 

A social gathering in which artists and thinkers exchange ideas

Austrian Prince who wanted to restore the status quo at the Congress of Vienna

Ruler of Russia who carried out social and economic reforms to modernize the country

Leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War 

Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power

Principle stating a person cannot be held in prison without being charged of a crime

A ruler who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people

Enlightenment thinkers who applied the methods of science to improve society

Ruler of Russia who seized territory from Poland

Author of “Don Quixote”    

First Stuart King of England

Queen of England who encouraged sea captains to plunder Spanish treasure ships

French King who built a palace at Versailles

A ruler who uses Enlightenment ides to bring about political and social change

A distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from dominating    

A military tactic through which ports are shut off to keep people or supplies from moving in or out  

The right to vote

A feeling of pride in, and intense devotion to, one’s country

The Spanish army used this tactic against the French

To give up power

Author of pamphlet encouraging Americans to declare independence from Britain

King of Prussia who used the army to strengthen the nation’s power

An agreement by which the people give up their natural state for an organized state

According to Hobbes and Locke, human nature was governed by

A grand and complex artistic style

French Cardinal who strengthened the central government by destroying the power of the nobles  

Ballot in which to say yes or no to an issue

King of Spain who advanced Catholic power throughout the world     

A person who fled revolutionary France to live in another country

Spending more money than is taken in

German composer of religious music for choirs and organ

The belief that authority to rule comes directly from God

French emperor who dominated Europe in the early 1800s

Philosopher that believed that people are basically good

A policy that allows businesses to operate without government interference