Feudalism, Monarchy and the Road to Democracy

(Study Guide)

European Feudalism

Ø Understand the changing nature of kingdoms and borders during the Middle Ages. (500 AD to 1300 AD)

Ø What is feudalism?

Ø king and queen, lords knights and serfs

Ø What are their rights, duties and living conditions?

Ø Who makes the laws?

Ø Know the organization of land ownership

Ø monarchy

Ø monarchy vs. dictatorship

The Enlightenment

Ø Know the time period and basically what it is.

Ø Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and Montesquieu

- Separation of powers

- Power corrupts

- Equal Rights

- Women's rights in 1700's

The Road to Democracy

England:

Ø the Magna Carta

Ø Constitutional monarchy

Ø Parliament, assembly, congress, senate

Ø British Empire

The United States:

Ø The American Revolution

Ø Taxation without Representation

Ø Declaration of Independence

Ø The Constitution of 1787

- Bill of rights (have a general knowledge of the rights guaranteed, especially # 1)

France:

Ø Louis XIV

Ø French Society in the 1700's

Ø Louis XVI

Ø The Palace of Versailles

Ø The Controller General

Ø The Estates General

Ø The 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd Estates

Ø The Tennis Court Oath

Ø The Storming of the Bastille

Ø The March on Versailles

Ø The Constitution of 1791

- king's veto

- National Assembly

Ø The Reign of Terror

Ø Maximillien Robespierre

Ø Napoleon Bonaparte

Democracy

Ø Key ingredients: voting, rights and separation of powers

Ø Role of a constitution

Ø What is a revolution?

Ø What is limited Democracy?