French Revolution and Enlightenment

What tactic did the Russians use to help defeat Napoleon's army?

Argued government should protect people’s Natural Rights—life, liberty, and property.

Went in disguise to learn how to build ships in Western Europe.

The magnificent palace built for Louis XIV.

Discovered the heliocentric theory in which the sun is the center of the solar system.

Who discovered the law of universal gravitation?

He was known as the Sun King.

Fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.

What is the time period when Napoleon escaped exile and rose to power once again?

The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule.

Society corrupts people’s natural goodness. “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”

Discovered the law of the pendulum, used a telescope to observe the moon and Jupiter.

Where did the National Assembly obtain gun powder for the revolution?

Who brought a financial crisis by excessive spending and heavy taxes on the 3rd estate?

The Age of Reason.  Apply reason to—government, religion, economics and education.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence and reflected the ideas of the enlightenment.

Argued that Men and women should have equal status in society.

An adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western countries.

What is a coup de etat?

What is a plebiscite? 

What did the Third Estate do in response to the Estates General meeting?

Fearing trouble Louis highered mercenary troops that fueled a widespread reaction called what?

New thinking about the natural world Based on observation and willingness to ? accepted beliefs

Who discovered mathematical laws that govern planetary motion.?

Who are the bourgeoisie?

What was Napoleons system of law that attempted to fix the financial crisis and end injustices?

Who wanted to build a "Republic of Virtue?"

Argued for Separations of Powers so that each branch could serve as a check on the others.

Monarch of Spain who defended Catholicism against the Muslims and the Protestants of Europe.

Created the Social Contract which people gave up their rights to a strong ruler.