Henry IV
Huguenots
St. Batholomew’s Day Massacre
Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV
Sun King
“I am the state”
Intendants
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Mercantilism
Versailles levée balance of power
Natural law
Chart on the Philosophes
Thomas Hobbes
“state of nature” social Contract
John Locke natural rights philosophes
Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot physiocrats laissez faire
Adam Smith
Invisible Hand censorship salons enlightened despots
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph II constitutional government
Parliament
House of Commons
House of Lords
George I
George II cabinet
Prime Minister
United Kingdom of Great Britain
George III
American Revolution
1. In what ways was Louis XIV an absolute monarch?
2. How did Louis XIV manage to increase his power while at the same time bankrupting
France?
3. Compare and contrast the Enlightenment thinkers from your chart with regard to their views of human nature, the purpose of government, and their new and/or unique ideas.
4. Contrast mercantilism with laissez faire economics.
5. Who are the enlightened despots, what does the term mean, and what did they do to earn that title?
6. Describe Britain’s Parliament. How does one become a member of each house? How is the Prime Minister selected? Why was a cabinet created? Why was George III less dependant on the cabinet than his father and grandfather?
7. Though they were English and French, how did each of the Enlightenment thinkers contribute to the new United States government?