Ch. 21A Vocab. Flashcards

131616622	Enlightenment	movement during the 1700's that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society	0
131616623	Benjamin Franklin	American public official, writer, scientist, and printer. After the success of his Poor Richard's Almanac (1732-1757), he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Franklin negotiated French support for the colonists, signed the Treaty of Paris (1783), and helped draft the Constitution (1787-1789). His numerous scientific and practical innovations include the lightning rod, bifocal spectacles, and a stove.	1
131616624	George Washington	Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Continental Army in the American Revolution. First President of the United States, set many precedents for presidents to follow such as "Mr. President"	2
131616625	Joseph Brant	Pro-British Mohawk leader that devastated New York and Pennsylvania frontiers in 1778. Led Inidian resistance against white settlement. Organized the northwestern Indians in an alliance and restrained westward expansion	3
131616626	Constitutional Convention	The meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution.	4
131616627	Estates General	France's traditional 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	5
131616628	National Assembly	French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.	6
131616629	Declaration of the Rights of Man	Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution; it declared all men could do anything as long as it did not harm others	7
131616630	Diderot	French philosopher from 1713-84 who composed a 28 volume encyclopedia that Vicously attacked Christianity calling it "dogmatic" and the "most fanatical religion of all" and spread Enlightened ideas very far.	8
131616631	Locke	Wrote Two Treatises of Government. Said human nature lived free and had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. He said government was created in order to protect these rights and if the government failed to do so it was the duty of the people to rebel.	9
131616632	Rousseau	Wrote Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind, The Social Contract, & Emile. He identified the human nature was originally happy but was corrupted when man claimed that they owned land. Said the government must rule at the general will of the people so that the most people are benefited. Hated Parliament because the delegates made laws not the people; French; 18th century Enlightenment philosopher	10