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Scientific Revolution

• Period of skepticism towards ancient texts, leading to new theories and focus on astronomy and mathematics
• Assembly of representatives from the three estates in France
• Legal system based on customs and principles established over time, not dictated by a single ruler
• summoned troops around the city and his palace

Geocentric Theory

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• Belief that the sun orbits the Earth, with the Earth as the center of the universe
• Radical governing body formed during the French Revolution
• Legal system based on customs and principles established over time, not dictated by a single ruler

Heliocentric Theory

• Theory stating that the sun is the center of the solar system
• Symbolic event marking the beginning of the French Revolution
• Need for economic freedom & Enlightenment ideas
• 1789-1799

Common Law

• Poor leadership from King Louis XVI
• French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution
• Period of mass executions and fear during the French Revolution
• Legal system based on customs and principles established over time, not dictated by a single ruler

Absolutism

• Political doctrine of unlimited centralized authority and absolute power vested in a monarch
• Average citizen lost 50% of earnings to taxes
• Collected feudal dues
• French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.

English Civil War

• 1% of the population controlled 10% of the land
• Period of skepticism towards ancient texts, leading to new theories and focus on astronomy and mathematics
• Conflict between Parliamentarians and Royalists over authority, money, and religion
• 1789-1799

Glorious Revolution

• the political and social system in place in France before the Revolution
• Collected feudal dues
• Assembly that replaced the National Assembly in 1791
• Peaceful transfer of power in England, leading to the Bill of Rights

Enlightenment

• Estates-General
• Social classes in France: clergy, nobility, and bourgeoisie/peasants
• Age of Reason emphasizing reason as the best way to understand truth
• Lower v. upper clergy

Sovereignty

• Right and power of a person or nation to rule themselves, not implying equality or civil rights
• Period of skepticism towards ancient texts, leading to new theories and focus on astronomy and mathematics
• French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
• Financial crisis

American Revolution

• Revolt against British rule sparked by economic freedom and Enlightenment ideas
• Bourgeoisie
• Socioeconomic inequalities
• A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution