 1. All the power of the country in the hands of the king who had Divine Right.  2. Enlightenment, Observation, logic,

 3. John Locke Baron de Montesquieu Voltaire Cesar Beccaria Purpose of government is to protect peoples’ Natural Rights that of Life, Liberty, Property The best way to protect people’s rights is to divide power into 3 branches Freedom of speech is the only way to fight oppression People should receive a speedy and fair trial.

 4. Deism, God created the world and then stepped away  5. French & Indian War, Ohio Territory, George Washington, frontier style  6. Ben Franklin, Snake  7. French lost English Won

 8. The war was expensive and they ended up with a lot of debts  9. the colonists were not treated like full British citizens, less pay in army, not representation in Parliament  10. raising taxes

 11. Stamp Act raised taxes on paper and legal documents, newspapers  Townsend Acts raised taxes on luxury items glass, wine, paints  Sugar Act was a tax on the molasses, silks, wine  Tea act was a tax specifically on British Tea

 12. No Representation in Parliament  13. Tyranny- a government’s abuse of power  Liberty- political freedoms  14. Thomas Paine, Common Sense

 15. Continental Army disadvantages- lacked experience, supplies and food advantages- fight at home, will to win, frontier style fighting

 16. First Battle- Lexington & Concord Turning point- Saratoga Final Battle- Yorktown  17. Thomas Jefferson He used John Locke’s ideas of Natural Rights: Life & Liberty as well as Consent of the governed.

 18. Clergy, no taxes Nobility, (very little) taxes of Everyone else, paying taxes up to 50% of income  19. 3rd Estate, National Assembly, Tennis Court keep meeting to create a Constitution  20. Louis XVI, France declared war on Austria and Prussia. The king was convicted of treason and was executed.

 21. protect France from its enemies, Robespierre, dictator  – 1794 “enemies of the Revolution” guillotine  23. Jacobins, executed  24. He was a national hero and the people of France would rather have a strong leader than a weak democracy.

 25. American Revolution American & French French Revolution Breaking away from England Forming new nation Continental Congress was government during war No punishment for loyalists Based on Enlightenment ideas Wrote Declarations Using Enlightenment ideas Strong leaders became national leaders (Washington & Bonaparte) Ending a Monarchy and feudal system that lasted hundreds of years Had multiple types of governments during Revolution Executed King Reign of Terror