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1715

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death of Louis XIV

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1730-1760

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First Great Awakening

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1756-1763

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7 years war

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May 1789

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estates general was called

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July 14, 1789

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Bastille day

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1812

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War of 1812, Made United States a power

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June 1815

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Battle of Waterloo

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What six purposes are specifically mentioned in the preamble?

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form a more perfect union
establish justice
ensure domestic tranquility
provide for the common defense
promote the general welfare
secure the blessings liberty to ourselves and our posterity

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What are the two parts of the Congress of the United States?

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Senate and the House

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How often are House members selected?

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2 years

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For how long are senators chosen?

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6 years

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In what house must bills regarding raising revenue originate?

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Senate

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In what person does the Constitution vest executive power?

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the president

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What is the length of the president’s term?

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4 years

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Who appoints presidential electors?

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the people

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16
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Who has the power to ordain and establish “inferior courts”?

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the congress

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What two conditions are placed on criminal trials?

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by jury and in the state where it happened

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What are citizens of one state entitled to when in another state?

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all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states

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Who is granted the authority to enter new states into the union?

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the congress

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What kind of government is the United States to guarantee to every state in the union?

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republican form of government

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What protections are afforded states by the United States?

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against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive against domestic Violence

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What five freedoms is Congress forbidden to constrain under the First Amendment?

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establish religion, freedom speech, of the press, peaceable assembly,

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What freedom does the Second Amendment protect?

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bare arms

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According to the Tenth Amendment who is the recipient of those powers not granted to the United States or those powers not forbidden for the states to exercise?

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the people

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What amendment established a graduated income tax?
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Which amendment allowed for Senators to be elected by the people from each state?
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Which Amendment stipulated the Vice President to succeed the President in the event of his removal?
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Thirty years war
1618-1648
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Peace of Westphalia
ended 30 wars war, began religious skepticism, france rose to power
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Religious Skepticism
religion = problem because the war religion = excuse
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Louis XIV
"i am the state," constant wars
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Philosophes
french term for philosophers, abolished tradition
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kant
coined "enlightenment" "dare to know"
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john locke
empiricism
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empiricism
all knowledge comes from experience change man's environment to change man mother of many philosophies
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Montesquieu
"spirit of las", separation of powers
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Voltaire
"father of the enlightenment" rationalism critic of Christianity
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rationalism
man's reason is the sole criterion for truth
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deism
natural religion; reon is the sole criterion for truth
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Dederot
encyclopedia, anti-evangelion blames religion for all problems
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Jean-Jacques Rosseau
"restore us to ignorance innocence and poverty!" father of french romanticism
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Romanticism
heart over head, ruled by passion
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rousseaux's four key ideas
commerce and society bring out our worst General Will is the most important Ideas on education Romanticism
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Mary Wollstonecraft
founder of modern feminism
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Benightment
a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, overtaken by darkness
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Philipp Spener
pietists, revitalize Lutheranism, piety above all
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Moravians
Nicholas von Zinzendorf donated land, musical
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David Hume
skepticism - how can we know truth
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john wesley
started methodists
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Jonathan Edwards
sinner in the hand of an angry god
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george whitefeild
"apostle to two continents"
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enlightened despotism
Monarchy style influenced by the enlightenment
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natural rights
privileges that come from God and are available for all people
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Frederick the great
prussia most promising 4th largest army in Europe impressive power - but never followed through with the enlightenment
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Joseph II
austria model philosopher abolished serfdom implemented religious freedom curtailed capital punishment everyone hated him
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Catherine the Great
Russia said she was philosophical but was a diest concerns - her power, territorial expansion, put down peasant revolts
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Queen Anne
united the kingdoms last stuart monarch
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Hanoverians
english kings from germany who did not want the postion or speak english
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Robert Walpole
first true prime minister of england
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War of Austrian Succession
prussia/france vs austria/britain over Maria Therresa who gained the throne
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the 7 years war
prussia/britian vs austria/france/russia fighting in europe, india, and north america ESTABLSIHES BRITAIN AS THE WORLD'S PREMIERE COLONIAL POWER
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the ancien regime
social order in france prerevolution
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steps to the revolution
enlightenment and romantisicm national assembly national convention reign of terror directory
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three estates
first - clergy second - nobility third - everyone else
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Louis XVI

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