Catolicavirtual empire
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social contract - Hobbes
John Locke - natural rights (l,l,p)
Voltaire - freedom of religion and rights
montesquieu - separation of powers (checks and balances)
enlightened despots - Catherine the Great, Frederick II, Joseph II
Thomas Jefferson - declaration of independence
James Madison - Bill of rights, father of the constitution
Benjamin Franklin - A founding father, scientist, statesman (education)
Thomas Hobbes - An English philosopher, equality in society
Beccaria - Italian criminologist, against torture
Adam Smith - wealth of nations
Montaigne - French writer. Thought life's meaning. Essay.
LO Self interest - work for own good
LO competition - forces make better products, better price
LO supply & demand - more product; $ down, less product; $ up
Capitalism - supports competitive business environment
democracy - government. power in the hands of the people
federalism - division power (national & state governments)
legislative - (congress), senate - laws, house of rep. - taxes
executive - (presidential), veto, appoint judges, sign laws
judicial - (court), supreme & lower, interpreting laws
old regime - political & social system. Post-rev. France
estates general - assembly of representatives from all states
national assembly - people that pass laws and reforms
tennis court oath - to not stop meeting until new constitution
great fear - a wave of senseless panic
Émigrés - nobles & people who fled and wanted the old regime.
sans-culottes - workers, wanted revolution to bring change.
Jacobins - radical political organisation. Marat
Robespierre - Jacobin & committee of public safety leader.
Reign of terror - period of rule of dictator Robespierre
Battle of Trafalgar - 1805. Only battle lost by Napoleon (Spain).
Continental system - prevent trade & communication England
scorched earth policy - burning fields & killing live-stock
peninsulares 5, creoles 20, mestizos (european7, mulattos 7, indians 56, africans 6.4
José de San Martín - Latin American liberator, Argentina
conservative - keep same, National Assembly limited
liberal - give more political power to elected parliaments
radical - favoured drastic change to extend democracy
nationalism - loyal to nation, not to king or empire
nation-state - geopolitical people; common culture &identity
American rev. War - 1776 French (proxy)