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Age of Absolutism
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06/24/2010

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Jean Bodin
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"Only he is absolute sovereign, who after God, acknowledges no one greater than himself."
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Thomas Hobbes
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"the sovereign lawfully demands the unqualified obedience of his subjects, who have no right to revolution, even against tyranny."
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Bishop Jacques Bossuet
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"the ruler acted as the agent of God (the divine right of kings)"
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Louis XIV
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the Absolute Monarch of Europe
the epitomy of absolutism in Europe
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Roundheads
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supported parliament
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Royalists: Cavaliers
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Supported a Monarch
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Oliver Cromwell
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Lord Protector of commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Wales
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The Glorious Revolution
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Established the first constitutional monarchy in a major European Country
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Thomas Hobbes
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Believed in a social contract between people and the government.
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John Locke
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Believed people could learn from experience and improve themselves. People are born free and equal, with natural rights.
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Philisophes
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Leading thinkers of the enlightenment
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Voltaire
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Sharp tongue- Fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion and speech
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Montesquieu
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Spirit of the Laws Separation of Powers (Checks and Balances)
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Rousseau
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Committed to individual freedom. The Social contract: A contract between society and its government.
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Deism
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Believe there is a supreme being... but hands off... God doesn't interfere
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Agnosticism
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doubt the existence of God
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Atheism
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deny existence of God
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1. Unrealistic and Inequitable class system
2. Incompetent and indecisive monarch
3. Irresponsible and inefficient administrative system
4.No true representative assembly
5. Chaotic legal system
6. Inequitable and inefficient tax system
7. Immediate cause of the French revolution- bank goes bankrupt
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Causes of the French Revolution
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Bank goes bankrupt
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Immediate cause of the French Revolution
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upper clergy
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What type of people were involved in the First Estate?
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Nobility
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What type of people were involved in the Second Estate?
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middle class
shop keepers and merchants
city poor people
peasants
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What type of people were involved in the third estate?
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Taille
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property tax
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Dime
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1/10 tithe
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Gabelle
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tax on salt
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Cahiers
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Grievances
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