Klingman Enlightenment Quiz (Second Semester Only)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Loyalists | People in American colonies that wanted to remain loyal to the king |
| Radicals | Someone who wanted to break away from the king and have their independence as soon as possible |
| Thomas Jefferson | given main credit for writing the Declaration of Independence |
| The four enlightened ideas in the declaration of independence | 1. People have the right (duty) to over throw the government if they are being corrupt 2. Natural Rights 3. Everyone is created equal 4. Consent of the governed |
| Propaganda | saying or publishing things that aren't true so you can influence people to be on your side |
| True or False: The Declaration of Independence contains propaganda | True |
| The 5 causes of the french revolution | 1. The Enlightenment- people think they should have rights 2. Debt- France had fought in many wars which costed them a lot of money- MAIN CAUSE OF FRENCH REVOLUTION 3. Bad Harvest- famine, inflation etc. 4. High Unemployment- lack of jobs= lack of money= angry citizens 5. The Class System- the poorest estate was the only one that paid taxes |
| The National Assembly | Formed by the 3rd estate after they walked out on the Estates General Meeting |
| True or False: The representatives from the 3rd estate could vote at the Estates General Meeting | False |
| The Bastille | A jail house that the citizens of France thought contained weapons that the king would use to attack them |
| The Storming of the Bastille | On July 14th, 1789 the citizens of France tore down the Bastille, a gun shot was fired and the French Revolution started |
| When is Bastille Day celebrated in France? | July 14 |
| The Tennis Court Oath | it was a document written by the National Assembly that stated they would stay together until that had a written constitution |
| Where did the National Assembly meet after they walked out of the Estates General Meeting? | a tennis court |
| The Committee of Public Safety | it was created to preserve the reforms made during the French Revolution |
| Robespierre | Head of the Committee of Public Safety, he used this power to start the Reign of Terror |
| Olympe de Gouges | wrote the declaration of the rights of women, if a women could be summoned to the guillotine like a man they should have the same rights |
| Nationalism | a patriotic feeling that your country is the best country in the world |
| Napoleon | He had many military accomplishments, helped over throw the directory and then helped establish the french consulate. He made himself first consul (most important) and that helped make him a dictator. He made himself emperor and was an enlightened despot who created the Napoleonic Code. |
| The Napoleonic Code | all men are considered equal under the law, natural rights, religious tolerance, public schools, standardized taxes, government should be based on merit |
| Industrial Revolution | a period of time when there was a switch from hand made goods to machine made goods |
| Domestic System | where goods are produced by one person at home |
| The Factory System | where goods are produced by many people with a machine in a factory |
| Technology | using science to make everyday life easier |
| Urbanization | a mass movement of people moving from rural areas to urban areas |
| Tenement | a multistory building separated into crowded small apartments |
| John Wesley | founder of the Methodist church |
| Thomas Malthus | wrote about the population and the food supply. He wanted workers to stop having kids because there wasn't enough food to feed them |
| David Ricardo | He wanted workers to stop having kids because those workers kids will become workers and then there won't be enough jobs which will be bad for the economy |
| Jeremy Bentham | created the idea of utilitarianism. He thought that every decision should be made upon which brings the most happiness to the biggest number of people |
| Utilitarianism | the idea that everything should be what brings the greatest happiness for the greatest number |
| John Stuart Mill | a utilitarian who thought that the government should pass laws to make the workers happy |
| Robert Owen | Created an area that contained a school, houses for workers and a store. The workers would be payed by Owen for their work but they would have to pay him a similar amount for their house. |
| Karl Marx | father of communism, wrote the Communist Manifesto; he believed that there were currently-in his time- two class systems: the haves and the have nots, he also believed that eventually we would all live in a classless society |
| Dictator | a ruler who has absolute power, usually involved with the military |
| Emperor | someone who rules with absolute power, they are treated like gods |
| Plebiscite | a vote of the people that answers a question |
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