World History Final Review Ends at WWII

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This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

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Enlightenment

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Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

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Montesquieu

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Whose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence?

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John Locke

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Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness

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Natural Rights

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Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property): Montesquieu, Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau

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Locke

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An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

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Social Contract

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On July 14, 1789, the Parisian people committed the first great symbolic act of the Revolution. This act was:

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attacking the Bastille prison to get gunpowder

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What was the name of the document created on August 27, 1789 that gave rights to French men?

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the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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In 1812, Napoleon and 400,000 troops encountered severe difficulty as a result of this tactic used by Russia.

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Scorched Earth Policy

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One result of the Congress of Vienna was --

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the restoration of European monarchies