sol 6 p2

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  • John Locke

    published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural
    rights” (life, liberty, and property)

  • Montesquieu

    published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in
    government

  • Francois-Marie Arouet

    changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion
    individual freedoms

  • The Classical Period

    began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and
    Beethoven were composers)

  • Thomas Jefferson

    wrote the Declaration of Independence

  • The Baroque Period

    began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were
    composers)

  • The American Revolution

    began which was heavily influenced by the Age of
    Enlightenment

  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a
    society and government

  • All weather roads

    were created to improve year round transport and trade

  • The French Revolution

    began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and
    the American Revolution

  • The Storming of the Bastille

    was the symbolic start of the French Revolution

  • The Bill of Rights

    (first 10 amendments) was added to the Constitution of the
    United States

  • Marie Antoinette was executed

    at the guillotine

  • The Reign of Terror

    marked a period of mass executions during the French
    Revolution

  • Louis XVI was executed

    at the guillotine

  • Eugene Delacroix

    began the transition of art to the Romantic School

  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    seized power in France in a coup d’etat

  • The novel

    became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)

  • The Constitution

    was ratified on the United States