World History Quarterly 2 Review

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This is what the Enlightenment is sometimes referred to as due to its emphasis on logic and scientific methods to understand and improve society

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Age of Reason

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This is a document guaranteeing rights and freedoms to citizens

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Bill of Rights

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The intellectual and philosophical movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition

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Enlightenment

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This Enlightenment thinker inspired the US Declaration of Independence

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John Locke

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The division of the government into separate branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

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Separation of powers

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This cause of the French Revolution is the fact that only the 3rd estate paid most taxes, despite having less wealth.

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The unequal tax burden on the 3rd estate.

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This was the leading figure associated with the Reign of Terror

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Maximilien Robespierre

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The forcible overthrow of a government, and replaced with a new one

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revolution

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The oath taken by the 3rd estate in 1789 with the purpose of establishing a new constitution for France

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Tennis Court Oath of 1789

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This cause of the French Revolution led to massive debt spent on lavish things, prompting higher taxes on the 3rd estate

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Lavish spending by the monarchy.