European Social History and Revolutions
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- 2. French Enlightenment author whose works called for religious freedom as well as freedom of the press
- 4. the concentration of poor in European cities contributed to the growth of this social problem
- 6. Political party that came to dominate French government during the Reign of Terror
- 7. Shortages of this food item contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution
- 8. English philosopher who originated the social contract explanation of government in his book Leviathan
- 9. French Enlightenment philosopher who described a type of government with a separation of powers for different branches of the government as well as checks and balances
- 14. city in which an international Congress met that negotiated the redrawing of the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon
- 15. branch of the British government in which Americans had no direct representation in spite of their rising taxes prior to 1776
- 16. type of war that developed in Spain as a nationalist response to French control under Napoleon
- 19. method used to raise an army during the First Republic in France
- 20. alliance of the UK, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden against France in 1813 and 1814
- 21. Country that lost control of its Canadian territory as a result of the 7 Years War
- 25. type of monarchy established during the first phase of the French Revolution
- 27. last name of conservative British Parliamentary leader who opposed the French Revolution due to its violence
- 28. religious leader who established the Methodist Church and helped to inspire a religious revival in Britain
- 30. most powerful political leader of France during the Reign of Terror
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- 1. idea that developed in France during the 1790s and later spread to much of Europe in the early 1800s
- 3. philosopher who questioned the reliance on reason and emphasized the role of emotions in bringing moral improvement to society
- 5. first name of political leader who led a slave revolt in Saint-Domingue
- 10. demographic change that brought an acceleration of European people moving from the country to the city
- 11. middle class in France which generally supported political reform in the 1700s but became more conservative in the 1800s
- 12. English Enlightenment philosopher who claimed that government should protect citizens' natural rights of life, liberty, and property
- 13. new structure of local French government established after the abolition of provinces in 1791
- 17. type of government in which a monarch retains almost all of the state power
- 18. system of that relied on entrepreneurs transporting wool, thread, and cloth from home to home in order to complete the manufacturing process
- 20. agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII in 1801 to reconcile the French government with the Catholic Church
- 22. French leader whose law code outlasted his empire
- 23. French philosopher who believed that government should be based on the "general will."
- 24. first name of early feminist who was executed during the Reign of Terror
- 26. European nation that came to dominate the East Indies
- 29. innoculation against this disease in the late 1800s contributed considerably to an increase in life expectancy in Europe