The French Revolution

  • Thomas Hobbs

    Said "people are selfish, greedy & need the government to impose order."
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    Absolutism & the French Revolution

  • Bill of Rights

    Extended freedom of worship
  • John Locke

    Said "people are happy, tolerant & all people are equal."
  • John Locke & His Essay About Humans

    Believed in perfectability whichh was the distunguishing way to Englishtenment
  • War of the Spanish Successions

    British took New FOundland, Acadia, & Hudson Bay Territory.
  • Massacre of English colonists

    Massacre with English colonist because of the French & Indians.
  • Isaac Newton

    Principia was translated launguages to English.
  • Press Freedom

    John Peter Zenger establishes Press Freedom
  • British wins....

    Stuart Pretender & the Scotish get defeated by the British. Last fight on british turf.
  • Baron Montesquie: Spirit of the Laws

    Most influencial book for the government.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    This was between Geona & France
  • Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations

    Free enterprise & Free market solved economic problems.
  • Constitutional Limitation of Monarch Power

    Essential of a good government.
  • Diderot

    Sold more than 15k copies of encyclapedia.
  • Napoleon & his Schooling

    Studied at Brienne, then sent to the Elite Military in Paris.
  • Napoleon & his Career

    After he graduated, he got promoted to 2nd lieutenant.
  • Maximillien Robespierre

    Fought for 3rd estate.
  • Meeting of the Estates General

    Made up of 291 clergy men, 279 nobles & 589 3rd estate representatives.
  • The National Assembly

    Abolished Serfdom for good.
  • Three Colors

    Blue & red were colors of paris, white was the house of borboun.
  • storming the bastille

    An angry mob storms the bastille to gain weapons. They take the prison and kill the commander, beginning the Great Fear.
  • Death Of the King

    King Louis was beheaded at the age of 38.
  • Terror

    Period of voilence that helped start the revolution.
  • The Monarchy

    The time when Louis was king.
  • Thermidorian Recation

    Robespierre overthrown, so this ended reign of terror.
  • The Republic

    The fall of the monarchy
  • Battle of Watterloo

    France was defeated by Britian & sent to 2nd exile in the south Atlantic.
  • Napolean & his death

    He died at the age of 51 to a stomach disease.