World History Test
What year did the coup d'etat and napoleon fall?
1799
What estate was the bourgeoisie
3rd estate
How many people were killed during the Reign of terror
40,000
Liberalism
A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
Conservatism
A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.
Scientific Method
A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem
successor
A person who inherits a title or office
Deism
A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.
Philosophe
A religious philosophy based on reason and law
Coup d'etat
A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group
Constitution
A written plan of government
Who fought over Silesia
Austria and Prussia
Who fought in the Great War for Empire
Britain and France
Who worsened the peasants conditions
Catherine the Great
The national convention gave power to who...
Committee of public safety
What was the government of directory mainly known for
Corruption
What did the treaty of Paris do (1763)
Ended the French and Indian War France gave Canada to Britain
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Ended the War of Austrian Succession
Who were Haydn and Mozart
Enlightened composers- classical not baroque
Where did the war of the Austrian succession take place?
Europe, Asia, and North America
Consulate
Form of government which followed the directory -established by Napoleon-ended when Napoleon was crowned emperor.
Who enlarged the Prussian army
Frederick I and Frederick 2
Laissez-faire
Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
Where did the Great War for Empire take place
India and North America
Salons
Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas
Who abolished serfdom?
Joseph II
Which three philosophers were most important in the first half of the 18th century
Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot
According to The Wealth of Nations, what were the three main functions of government?
Protection, defend citizens, public works
Principle of Intervention
Right of powerful nations to maintain order throughout Europe
Members of the national convention condemned who?
Robespierre
Who dominated the Committee of Public Safety?
Robespierre
Enlightened Absolutism
Rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers.
Who raised the French army in fear of a revolution
The committee of public safety
The convention of 1792 abolished?
The monarchy and established a republic
What did Robespierre call the good citizens
The republic of virtue
Generations
a group of individuals born and living at the same time
Social Contract
an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
Rationalism
belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge
Seperation of powers
dividing the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches
Geocentric vs Heliocentric
earth centered VS sun centered
What was the taille?
land tax
Nationalsim
love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
Jacobins
member of a radical political club during the French Revolution
Amendments
official changes
inductive reasoning
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Universal Law of Gravitation
the gravitational force between objects depends on their masses and decreases rapidly as the distance between the objects increase
abritrary
unresonable; bases on ones wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness
Rococo
very highly ornamented
Was the French army successful of pushing forces across the rhine and conquering Austria
yes