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Absolutism-Napoleon
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Undergraduate 1
02/07/2013

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Before Course
Definition
Information Revolution. World View, Protestant Reformation, Heliocentricity.Thirty Years War.
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Thomas Hobbes
Definition
1651 wrote Leviathan. Society needs order. Absolute monarch is the only way to get things done.
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King Henry IV of France
Definition
Saw value of New World. Edict of Nantes
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Took over after Henry. Homeland security. Passed on ideas to Louis.
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Colbert
Definition
Louis financial minister. Formed Mercantilism.
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Austria
Definition
Hapsburgs. Protest and Turkish Threats. Did not give bougeoisie power.
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Prussia
Definition
Hohenzolern Monarch. External threat.
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Peter I the Great
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Of Russia. Loved the West. Built St. Petersburg.
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Stuart Kings
Definition
Failed to create Absolutism. James I and Charles I, stupid and fought unnecessary wars.
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Oliver Cromwell
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Led Parliament in Civil War. New Model Army. Good military not leader. Son took over but not legitimate.
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Charles II
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Took over 1660. Loved Louis XIV. England prospered. Science and technology.
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William and Mary
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Ruled as constitutional monarchy.
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Aristotelian Scholasticism
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Ancient Greek Scholarship and Scripture. God was perfect.
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Copernicus
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first to suggest Helio.
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Francis Bacon
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Scientific Method. Experiment. No truth final. Separate spiritual from worldly knowledge.
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Kepler
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Set out to test helio. Planets moved in ellipses. Harmonices Mundi. God was perfect.
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Galileo
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Used telescope. Saw craters on the moon. Convicted of heresy. Dialogues of Two World Systems.
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Versalius
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Drawings of Human Anatomy. We can help healing and sickness.
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William Harvey
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Circulation of Blood
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Descartes
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Doubt. Natural Laws. Not a micromanaging God. Deductive reasoning.
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Issac Newton
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Laws of Physics. God's majesty reflected here.
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Blaise Pascal
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Cutting edge of science. Night of Fire. Science can't answer the big questions of who am I. Need God for that.
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Denis Diderot
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Encyclopedia. Organized rationally.
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Spinoza
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God is Nature. Religion is just superstition.
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John Lock
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An Essay on Human Understanding. We are blank slate + experience. We should seek happiness. Government by the consent of the governed.
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Montesquieu
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Separation of Powers. Too much freedom bad. Order and strict law.
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Voltaire
Definition
Letters Philosophes. interpreted the British for the French. Admired their religious tolerance. Laugh at authority.
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Adam Smith
Definition
The Wealth of Nations. Self interest over Mercantilism. Economy works through natural laws.
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Causes of French Revolution
Definition
Financial Crisis. Good King/Bad King. Unfair Taxation. The Rye Crop. Absolutism.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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(National Assembly)Merit, not privilege. Nation, not king or individual.
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Constitution of 1791 (1st one)
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(Assembly) Monarchy under the law. 3 year suspension veto. Church lands confiscated. Enlightenment ideas.
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Constitution of 1973 (2nd one)
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(Convention)VERY RADICAL. All men can vote. Right to work, association, education, assistance, rebel, abolished slavery. Never went through.
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Napoleon's Impact
Definition
Uniform Taxes. A sound currency. Free Education. Metric System. Code de Napoleon (same rules applied to everyone).
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seven Years War
Definition
1756-1763
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