Unit 6 Government Changes

to remove from power by force

• decapitate

• overthrow

• elect

• guillotine

a ruler who has complete power or authority over their citizens

• anarchy

• oligarchy

• president

• dictator

fight against or not loyal to the government

• rebel/rebellion

• accept/accepting

• adapt/modify

• pilot/piloting

How did Gutenberg’s printing press change political thought?

• Moveable type allowed for faster production of reading materials that can be distributed across Europe

• The study of humanity, focus was on improving the human experience

• Helped lead to the Renaissance, changes in political thought, and challenges to the authority of the Church

• No longer accepted that life was meant to be difficult

How did the Scientific Revolution create further political and social changes in Europe?

• •  The Heliocentric theory. 

    • The Sun, and not the Earth, is the center of the Universe

• Newton: Lays the foundations for Calculus, gravity, and laws of motion

• Galileo: Major discoveries in constellations, creation of the telescope

• The Church lost credibility due to Scientific discoveries

What ideas from the Enlightenment helped to shape modern political thought?

• Enlightenment ideas used to start revolutions against oppressive governments

• • Locke: Life Liberty and Property as Natural Rights

• • Wollstonecraft: Women’s right to access education

• Voltaire: Freedom of Speech

 How did the Declaration of Independence impact political thought around the globe?

• American Colonists were upset about taxation and the lack of political representation from the British government

• Written to establish freedom of America from British rule

• • Ability to openly rebel against the decisions of a Monarch

• • The American Revolution influenced other revolutions around the world. 

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To declare war on Britain

• To announce the colonies' separation from Britain

• To establish a new government

• To request peace negotiations with Britain

Enlightenment thinkers and theories inspired

• A. the French Revolution
• B. the American Revolution
• C. other revolutions of the 1800s
• D. all of the above

changing from one form of government to another

• civil disobedience

• political revolution

• boycott

• grievance