A+Revolution Questions and Answers
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Ancient Regime - ANS-Old social class system of the 3 estates (French)
frist estate : clergy (catholic church)
second estate : nobility (high administrative, judicial, military, and church positions)
third estate : everyone else
Seven Year's War - ANS-(1618-1648) HRE
religious war : catholic vs protestants
civil war : (german) emperor vs princes
international war :
great destruction : ended period of religious conflict (Europe) and began great period of
state building large amount of cost for conflict
Britain gains North America and India
Cause : imperial election leads to Progue's diplomats (catholic) being thrown out the
window (war in Bohemia- protestant)
SEE NOTES LOT OF INFORMATION
John Locke - ANS-governments were created to help life, liberty, and property and all
people had the right to rebel when monarch violated theses rights
importance of the individual
Jean Jaques Rousseau - ANS-*the social contract* : government should follow the
"general will" of the people
Influenced socialist theory: man was happiest in state of nature, civilization corrupts
man
Education system emphasized freedom of expression and self-discovery
monarchs depends on the will of the people
envisioned the people acting collectively because of their shared historical experience
Proclamation of 1763 - ANS-(american revolution)
Establish a effective western limit for settlement, threw into question claims of thousand
of established famers without effectively protecting Amerindian land
, Quebec Act of 1774 - ANS-(american revolution)
annexed disputed land to the province of Quebec, thus denying eastern colonies the
authority to distribute lands claimed on the basis of original charters. colonist saw this
as tyrannical and the Amerindian peoples received no relief from the continuous assault
on their lands
The Stamp act of 1765 - ANS-(american revolution)
tax on legal documents (newspapers, pamphlets, and nearly all printed material)
led to protest and more boycotts
George Washington - ANS-A virginia planter who had served in the French and Indian
War who was named military commander, won at the battle of Yorktown and became
president
Constitutional Convention - ANS-Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the
thirteen regional states to write the Constitution of the US
focused on representation, electoral procedures, executive power, and the relationship
between the federal government and the states.
= 2 house legislature House of representatives (voters) and the Senate (elected by state
legislatures)
Continental Congress of 1775 - ANS-elected representatives met in Philadelphia to
assume the powers of the government
created currency organized an army
July 4, 1776 - ANS-congress approved the Declaration of Independence
(freedom)
Declaration of Independence - ANS-Document drafted by Congress (1775) americas
freedom
popular sovereignty and individual rights influenced the language of revelation and
popular protest around the world
Estates General - ANS-France's tradicional national assembly with representatives of
the three estates, or classes, in French society; the clergy, nobility, and commoners.
The calling of the Estates General in 1789 led to the French Revolution
National Assembly - ANS-(1789-1791) French revolutionary assembly. the Estates
2024 (100% Verified )
Ancient Regime - ANS-Old social class system of the 3 estates (French)
frist estate : clergy (catholic church)
second estate : nobility (high administrative, judicial, military, and church positions)
third estate : everyone else
Seven Year's War - ANS-(1618-1648) HRE
religious war : catholic vs protestants
civil war : (german) emperor vs princes
international war :
great destruction : ended period of religious conflict (Europe) and began great period of
state building large amount of cost for conflict
Britain gains North America and India
Cause : imperial election leads to Progue's diplomats (catholic) being thrown out the
window (war in Bohemia- protestant)
SEE NOTES LOT OF INFORMATION
John Locke - ANS-governments were created to help life, liberty, and property and all
people had the right to rebel when monarch violated theses rights
importance of the individual
Jean Jaques Rousseau - ANS-*the social contract* : government should follow the
"general will" of the people
Influenced socialist theory: man was happiest in state of nature, civilization corrupts
man
Education system emphasized freedom of expression and self-discovery
monarchs depends on the will of the people
envisioned the people acting collectively because of their shared historical experience
Proclamation of 1763 - ANS-(american revolution)
Establish a effective western limit for settlement, threw into question claims of thousand
of established famers without effectively protecting Amerindian land
, Quebec Act of 1774 - ANS-(american revolution)
annexed disputed land to the province of Quebec, thus denying eastern colonies the
authority to distribute lands claimed on the basis of original charters. colonist saw this
as tyrannical and the Amerindian peoples received no relief from the continuous assault
on their lands
The Stamp act of 1765 - ANS-(american revolution)
tax on legal documents (newspapers, pamphlets, and nearly all printed material)
led to protest and more boycotts
George Washington - ANS-A virginia planter who had served in the French and Indian
War who was named military commander, won at the battle of Yorktown and became
president
Constitutional Convention - ANS-Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the
thirteen regional states to write the Constitution of the US
focused on representation, electoral procedures, executive power, and the relationship
between the federal government and the states.
= 2 house legislature House of representatives (voters) and the Senate (elected by state
legislatures)
Continental Congress of 1775 - ANS-elected representatives met in Philadelphia to
assume the powers of the government
created currency organized an army
July 4, 1776 - ANS-congress approved the Declaration of Independence
(freedom)
Declaration of Independence - ANS-Document drafted by Congress (1775) americas
freedom
popular sovereignty and individual rights influenced the language of revelation and
popular protest around the world
Estates General - ANS-France's tradicional national assembly with representatives of
the three estates, or classes, in French society; the clergy, nobility, and commoners.
The calling of the Estates General in 1789 led to the French Revolution
National Assembly - ANS-(1789-1791) French revolutionary assembly. the Estates
