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Chapter 17 test review

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Salon
Informal social gathering.
Baroque
Grand, ornate style of art and architecture in Greek and Roman traditions.
- huge, colorful, exiting, glorified battled, saint, biblical events, etc.
Rococo
Light, elegant and charm. Beloved to encourage imagination and salon. painting- charming rural setting, happy, children, pets, etc.
Popular sovereignty
All the government power comes from the people.
Natural Law
Rules discovered by reason.
Natural Rights
Life, liberty, and property.
Laissez Faire Economics
Allowing business to operate with little or no government interference.
Mercantilism
Exports more then imports.
Censorship
To censor, restricted access of ideas and information.
Guerilla Warfare
Fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids. Is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
Why did the church use censorship to ban and burn books?
Because some books were attacking officials and aristocrats and religious prejudice.
What were some of the reforms made by Enlightened despots?
-worked for common good.
-religious tolerance.
-serfdom abolished.
In Federal Republic, what were some of the powers divided into?
Federal and States government.
George Washington
Directed and encourages continental army at Valley Forge. First president.
Thomas Jefferson
Fundamental writer of The Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin
Gathered in Philadelphia to redraft the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
What was the new elegant form of music developed during the Enlightenment called?
Classical.
Navigation Acts
(mercantilism) British to export more than import.
Stamp Act
Taxes on newspaper and pamphlets, forced colonists to pay Seven Years War and Indian War. Taxes to be paid by colonists.
Declaratory Act
Britain has complete control.
Sugar Act
Taxes on imports.
Why was the battle of Saratoga so important?
Because it was when the Americas beat the British and it demonstrated to the french that they were strong.
Why did American leaders gathers in Philadelphia in 1787?
To redraft Articles of Confederation.
Who is the father of modern economics? What did he believe controlled the free market? Understand that he believes in Laissez Faire Economics but felt that the government was responsible for its citizens.
Adam Smith. Business activity.
Why was Diderot's Encyclopedia important?
Because it was changing the general way of thinking denounced slavery, praised freedom, urged education.
What Enlightenment thinker believes that government should protect the natural rights of man?
John Locke.
How did Enlightenment writers avoid censorship?
Montesquieu
Who proposed the ideas of separation of powers in government?
Thomas Hobbes.
Which British thinker believed that man is basically good and was born with natural rights or life, liberty, and property?
John Locke.
Who is the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson.
Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
Daniel Defoe
Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
What was he criticizing?
Jonathan Swift. Political life in 18th century England.
How did Americas fight when using Guerrilla Warfare?
They would hide in the forest and climb on trees and wore camouflage.
Montesquieu
Separation of power, published spirit of law.
Diderot
Edits encyclopedia.
Voltaire
Defines freedom of though. Battled inequality, injustice superstition.
Rousseau
Promotes social contract.
According to Thomas Hobbes the best form of government is?
Absolute monarch.
The British were able to gain tremendous wealth by controlling the ________ trade.
Colonies.
Who were the English Despots?
Fredrick II, Catherine II, Joseph II.
Enlightenment thinkers were influences by the ides of natural law that emerged from the _________ Revolution.
Scientific.
Which Act charged taxes on pamphlets and newspaper?
Stamp Act.
What was the big advantage to the American colonists in the American Revolution?
Colonists fought Guerrilla style since they were used to woods and tough terrain.
What city is the heart of the Enlightenment?
Paris.
Physiocrats supportes a government policy of ________.
Laissez Faire.
The system of checks and balances in the Constitution was influenced by the ides of which Enlightenment thinker?
Montesquieu.
What was the style of the art, architecture, furniture, etc. that was the big and bold?
Baroque.
Who was George III? what did her believe about the colonists? what did he do when the colonists protested?
King Of England. Made them colonist pay for the seven years war. Passed harsh acts.
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