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Hobbes' work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government. Regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of the social contract theory.
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A work of political philosophy published anonymously. Outlines his ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory.
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Fought between the British American Colonies and New France. Both sides were supported by the military of their own country and the war escalated from a regional affair to a world-wide conflict.
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A political upheaval in the late 18th century where the colonies of North America banded together to achieve independence from Britain.
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Plunged France deeper into debt. Seen as an indecisive, incompetent, and tyrannic ruler.
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The estates were organized into three groups; clergy, nobles, and the rest of France. They were set up so that the upperclasses could out-vote the lower class.
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Pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members of the Third Estate who were locked out of the meeting of the Estates-General.
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Rural unrest had been present in France. In response to rumors, fearful peasants armed themselves in self-defense and, in some areas, attacked manor houses.
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Definined the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal.
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Provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.
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Louis XVI attempted to flee France but, was captured, tried, and executed via guillotine.
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At Louis' trial, he was given an immediate death sentence on Monday, January 21, 1793.
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Assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion.
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French lawyer, polition, and one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution.
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A period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution.
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Executed without trial along with 12 of his followers.
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As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars
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Pitted a coalition of the Austrian Empire and Great Britain against the forces of Napoleon's French empire.
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Napoleon marched 450,000 troops into Russia in an attempt to capture Moscow. But, ended up retreating and losing almost all of his army in the Russian winter.
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He attempted suicide but survived and raised a small army and navy to try to take over France.
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An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition.
