Final Exam Review

Revolution

Enlightenment Thinker What Enlightenment Thinker:

- wrote the social contract - believes people will give up their own freedoms for the good of the group - is considered the most controversial thinker

Jean Rousseau

Enlightenment Thinker What Enlightenment Thinker:

- wrote the Leviathan- believes in a powerful government - if they are not controlled they will

fight, rob, and oppress.

Thomas Hobbes-If they are not controlled they will fight, rob, and oppress.

Enlightenment Thinker What Enlightenment Thinker:

- Wanted to end Bigotry and Tyranny - believes all government is corrupt - known as the greatest thinker of the Enlightenment

Voltaire-If they are not controlled they will fight, rob, and oppress.

Enlightenment Thinker What Enlightenment Thinker:

- famous for Natural Rights - believes in limited government - government for the people by the people

John Locke -If they are not controlled they will fight, rob, and oppress.

Types of Government

• What type of Government is in America?

Democracy

• What government has a legislature and a monarchy?

Constitutional Monarchy

Types of Government

• What type of Government is a controlled by a group of people ?

Oligarchy

• What government is found in England?

Constitutional Monarchy

Types of Government

• Give an example of a dictatorship ?

Various Answers

• What government is found in Saudi Arabia?

Monarchy

The American Revolution What were some of the major problemscolonists had that started a revolution?

1. Taxes2. Land Issues 3. Quartering Acts British Miltary

Concerns 4. Lack of Rights

The American Revolution What methods were taken during the

American Revolution?

1. Massacres & War 2. Protests & Boycotts 3. Government Meetings 4. Declaration of Independence 5. Propaganda 6. New Governments

People of the French Revolution

1. 1st Estate:Clergy- ran schools and hospitals

2. 2nd Estate:Nobles- jobs with government / army / church

3. 3rd Estate:Common Man- paid all taxes and was poor

France Finical Crisis - Debit from 7 Years War

- Debit from American Revolution

- Bad Harvests & Bread Riots - Deficit Spending= bad

government

3rd Estate is Angered Name of 3rd Estate Organization:

National AssemblyWhere was New Constitution created ?

Tennis Court Oath3rd Estate takes down Government?

Battle of the Bastille

The Actual Revolution What was the Great Fear:

Period of time 3rd Estate killed nobles fearful they were going to be killed.

What man is considered a leader of the French Revolution and started the

Reign of Terror ?Maximillian Robespierre

The Actual Revolution Who was the King of France during the

French Revolution? King Louis XVI

Who is credited for capturing the King and his family at Versailles?A mob of Angry Women

The Actual Revolution What was the Great Fear:

Period of time 3rd Estate killed nobles fearful they were going to be killed.

What man is considered a leader of the French Revolution and started the

Reign of Terror ?Maximillian Robespierre

The Actual Revolution What was the new killing device?

Guillotine

Explain the Reign of Terror ?Anyone against the new government

was killed and beheaded.

Post French Revolution

Who takes over France After the Revolution?

Napoleon What titles does he give himself?

First Consul & Emperor of the French

Napoleon’s Reforms1. Regulate Economy – control prices2. Encouraged New Industry3. Built roads & canals4. Made public schools under gov’t

control5. Napoleonic Code6. Taxes for All 7. Dishonest government workers were

removed.

Napoleons Failures 1. Britain:

navy too powerful blockade did not work

2. Spain:defeated by guerilla warfare

3. Russia :lost all his men in harsh winter

Haitian Revolution - Angry over being slaves- If France (Motherland) gets rights

they should get rights- Massive Slave revolt led by

l'Ouverture- Defeat Napoleon- Only Slave Revolt that worked history