History Terms Test

an 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society

the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government

the rights that all people are born with- according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty, and property

the assignments of executive, legislative, and judicial powers to different groups of officials in a government

one of the 18th century European monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justlyand respect the rights of their subjects

a statement of the reasons for the american colonies' break with britain, approved by the second continential congress in 1776

measures designed to prevent any one branchof government from dominating the others

a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states

the first ten ammendments to the U.S. constitution, which protects citizens' basic rights and freedoms

the political and social system that existed in France before the French revolution

one of the three social classes in France

What did the first estate consist of?

what did the second estate consist of?

what did the third estate consist of?

an assembly of representatives from all three of the estates in France

a French congress established by representatives of the thrid estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the french people

a wave of senseless panic that spread through the french country side after the storming of the Bastille in 1789

a statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly in 1789

a french congress with the power to create and approve declerations of war, established by the constitution of 1791

the period when maximillien robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were exhausted

a sudden seizsure of political power in a nation

a drect vote in which people have the opputunity to approve or reject a proposal

a comprehensiveand unfirom system of laws established for French by napolean

the use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city of region

the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land

a series of meetings during which the europeanleaders sought to establish long lasting peace and security after the defeat of napolean

a series of alliances among europeannations in the 19th centur, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions

a league of european nations formed by the leaders of russia, austria, and prussia after the congress of vienna

europeans (mainly wealthy landowners nobles) who wanted to preserve the traditional monarchies of europe

europeans (mainly middle class business leaders and merchants) that wanted to give more political power to elected parliments

the europeans who favored drastic change to extend democracy to all people

the belief that people should ne loyal mainly to their nation (popele they share common culture and history) rather than a king or an empire

an independent nation of people having a common culture and identity

attempted to build a "republic of virtue" and was responsible for the commitee of public safety's attempt to find a convict "enemies of the replublic"

restored the economy of france with a tax collecting system and a national bank, set up public schools, and created a code of laws

empress of russia that read the works of philosophers and also took steps to modernize and reform russia

wrote the decleration of independence

a wealthy venezuelan creole that helped win independence for the rebels

a simple, modest man that helped win independence for the rebels