French Revolution
French Revolution
Table of Contents
Unit one: Enlightenment (page 1)
Enlightened Despots
France
Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV
Cardinal Richelieu Louis XV
Louis XVI
Holy Roman Empire Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II Austria Charles VI
Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years’ War
Extra Information
Les Philosophes Voltaire - Candide Diderot - Encyclopedie Rousseau - The Social Contract, general will, The New Heloise, Emile Halbach François Quesnay - The Physiocrats, Laissez- faire Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations, Laissez-faire Cesare Beccaria - On Crimes and Punishments Montesquieu - The Persian Letters, The Spirit of the Laws
Enlightened Despots Handout Friedrich II Machiavelli, The Prince Maria Theresa Joseph II
Unit two: American and French Revolutions (page 12)
An enlightened despot - a monarch with absolute power who is sophisticated and educated (enlightened tyrant)
France
Henry IV (1589 - 1610) * The first Bourbon king of France. * He came to power at the end of the Renaissance (1589). * Raised a Huguenot (Protestant). * He married the old king’s daughter, Margaret. He didn’t like her very much though. She died, and he later on married Marie de Medici. * Converted to Catholicism to appease French populace. * Passed the Edict of Nantes in 1598 that allowed Protestants to practice their faith in certain places. * Henry IV was much loved. But, when he decided to start a war with the Austrians, he was assassinated by radicals.
Louis XIII (1610 - 1643) * He was a little kid when Henry IV was assassinated. Cardinal Richelieu acted as the regent (later?). Wikipedia: Marie de Medici acted as his regent until 1614. * Richelieu was very influential. * Louis XIII married Anne of Austria. But, he really disliked her mainly because she kept on having dead children. *
Table of Contents
Unit one: Enlightenment (page 1)
Enlightened Despots
France
Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV
Cardinal Richelieu Louis XV
Louis XVI
Holy Roman Empire Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II Austria Charles VI
Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years’ War
Extra Information
Les Philosophes Voltaire - Candide Diderot - Encyclopedie Rousseau - The Social Contract, general will, The New Heloise, Emile Halbach François Quesnay - The Physiocrats, Laissez- faire Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations, Laissez-faire Cesare Beccaria - On Crimes and Punishments Montesquieu - The Persian Letters, The Spirit of the Laws
Enlightened Despots Handout Friedrich II Machiavelli, The Prince Maria Theresa Joseph II
Unit two: American and French Revolutions (page 12)
An enlightened despot - a monarch with absolute power who is sophisticated and educated (enlightened tyrant)
France
Henry IV (1589 - 1610) * The first Bourbon king of France. * He came to power at the end of the Renaissance (1589). * Raised a Huguenot (Protestant). * He married the old king’s daughter, Margaret. He didn’t like her very much though. She died, and he later on married Marie de Medici. * Converted to Catholicism to appease French populace. * Passed the Edict of Nantes in 1598 that allowed Protestants to practice their faith in certain places. * Henry IV was much loved. But, when he decided to start a war with the Austrians, he was assassinated by radicals.
Louis XIII (1610 - 1643) * He was a little kid when Henry IV was assassinated. Cardinal Richelieu acted as the regent (later?). Wikipedia: Marie de Medici acted as his regent until 1614. * Richelieu was very influential. * Louis XIII married Anne of Austria. But, he really disliked her mainly because she kept on having dead children. *