What is Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution + humanism of Renaissance and human reason to natural law
Magna Carta
King must follow law
Nationalism
Group of people loyal to their nation
Derism
There is a god/creator but has nothing to do with history
Conservatism
Strong belief in their religion/practices/ ideas
Social contract
Give power to government to protect rights and can remove if need to
Francis Bacon
Believed in Empiricism- reality through senses/ themselves and no outside source
John Locke
Natural rights (life, liberty, property)
Adam Smith
Replaced mercantilism with capitalism- free market
Montesquieu
Believed in seperation of powers which stops government from becoming powerful
Toussaint
Led successful slave revolt in Haitian revoltuo
Roseau
Created social contract and believed that society and institutions limit human freedom
Voltaire
French enlightenment philosopher and fought for civil liberty’s
Nápoleon
Rose power after French Revolution and was empror of French
What is a American Revolution cause
Taxation without Representation by British government
Who helped American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson which supported John Locke and his ideas
What revolution did the American revolution inspire
French Revolution
French Revolution cause
In horrible debt and participation in wars
French Revolution developed…
3 estates (clergy, nobility, commoners)
What is the National Assembly
Created by the third estate( commoners) to create new government
What led to the Bastille attack
Louis XVI threatened National Assembly
What did the Bastille/ prison represent
Monarchy abuse and corruption
Why did Louis XVI caused Reign of Terror
Because in new constitution it said limited power on gov which ended in his head being cut off
Where did the Haitian Revolution take place
France
