Enlightenment And French Revolution Flash Cards Enlightenment And French Revolution

John Locke Enlightenment thinker who believed in Natural Rights and that it is the government’s job to protect those rights.

Rights that belong to all humans Right to Life, Liberty, and Property Natural Rights Rights that belong to all humans Right to Life, Liberty, and Property

A social system in which people can not move to another social class Rigid Class System A social system in which people can not move to another social class

A government spends more money than it takes in Deficit Spending A government spends more money than it takes in

Bourgeoisie Educated middle class

Term referring to the monarch Old Regime Term referring to the monarch

A person with extreme views or beliefs Radical A person with extreme views or beliefs

A machine that beheaded it’s victim with a fast-falling blade Guillotine A machine that beheaded it’s victim with a fast-falling blade

A radical who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution Robespierre A radical who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

Napoleon Leader of the French Army, who eventually crowned himself Emperor of France. He stabilized France’s government and created a vast French empire.

Congress of Vienna A peace conference that tried to bring Europe back to a time before the French Revolution