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| a belief that the earth is the center of the universe |
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| a belief that the sun is the center of the universe |
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| a revolution where new scientific ideas and methods were rapidly chante |
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| Italian astronomer. One of the founders of Europe's scientific revolution, one of his main contributions is the application of the telescope to astronomy. He was able to prove Copernicus’ heliocentric model correct. |
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| English scientist who discovered gravitation, invented calculus, and formulated the laws of motion. |
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| English philosopher and political theorist. He wrote Two Treaties on Government which explained that all men have Natural Rights, which are Life, Liberty, and Property, and that the purpose of government was to protect these rights. |
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| A movement in the 18th century that stressed the importance of reason and science in philosophy and the study of human society. Occurred in Western Europe. |
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| English philosopher and political theorist. Wrote Leviathan, where he favored an absolute government as the only means of balancing human interests and desires with their rights of life and property. |
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| Concept of John Locke’s that states all people have the right to life, liberty, and property. |
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| Theory of Thomas Hobbes that states the people form a social contract with government where they give up all rights for protection from other citizens. |
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| The legislative body of France. Composed of representatives from the three estates which are Clergy in the First Estate, Nobles in the Second Estate, and peasants in the Third Estate. Each Estate is entitled to one vote on legislative matters. The Estates General was never as strong as the British Parliament of the American Congress. |
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| Term given to the middle class people in society. |
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| In colonial Latin America, American born Spanish gentry, They owned most of the land but were treated like second class citizens, and were denied political rights. |
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| In colonial Latin America, Spanish official sent to govern Latin American colonies. They controlled government completely. |
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| French philosopher. He believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. He also spoke out against the corruption of the French government, and the intolerance of the Catholic Church. |
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| Enlightenment thinker from France who wrote a book called, The Spirit of the Laws in 1748. In his book, Montesquieu describes what he considers to be the best government. He states that government should divide itself according to its powers, creating a Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branch. Montesquieu explained that under this system each branch would Check and Balance the others, which would help protect the people's liberty. |
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| French writer and Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a book called, The Social Contract, where he stated that people were basically good, and that society, and its unequal distribution of wealth, were the cause of most problems. Rousseau believed that government should be run according to the will of the majority, which he called the General Will. He claimed that the General Will would always act in the best interest of the people. |
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| where girls met up to disguss enlightenment ideas |
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| A monarch who retains absolute control of their country while also enacting reform based on Enlightenment ideas. |
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| evening out the power between all of europe |
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| a quick dramatic change in a society |
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| causes of french revolution |
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| debt, scarcity of food, poor working class |
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| King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded. |
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| First new government during the first stage of the French Revolution. |
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| napoleons impact on europe |
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| too-sont-da-la-oover-chur |
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| the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: |
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| place where people worked |
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| the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change. |
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| a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. |
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| 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism. |
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- often Utopian Of, relating to, describing or having the characteristics of a Utopia: a Utopian island; Utopian novels.
- Excellent or ideal but impracticable; visionary: a utopian scheme for equalizing wealth.
- Proposing impracticably ideal schemes.
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| a loose blouse worn by women and children in the mid-19th century, made in imitation of the red shirts worn by the soldiers of Garibaldi. |
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| political realism or practical politics, esp. policy based on power rather than on ideals. |
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| 1871–1950, German novelist and dramatist, in the U.S. after 1940 (brother of Thomas Mann). |
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