Unit 210.2 Enlightenment &

Revolutions

Ms. RamosAlta Loma High School

SovereigntSovereigntyy

• Don’t have to obey higher authority

• No one else has right to dictate internal affairs of another state

Natural Natural RightsRights

•Rights that belong to all

Life, liberty, property

Separation Separation of Powersof Powers

Certain pwrs given to different parts of govt to prevent one part from becoming too pwrful

Social Social ContractContract

•People give up freedom to govt to avoid anarchy

Limited Limited GovernmenGovernmen

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Restrictions placed on govt to prevent abuse

ConstitutionaConstitutional Monarchyl Monarchy

Constitution or legislative body limits the monarchy

Absolute Absolute MonarchyMonarchy

King/Queen w/complete authority over govt & lives of the people

Civil Civil RightsRights

rights to full legal, social, and economic equality

Habeas Habeas CorpusCorpus

• No person held in prison w/o being charged w/ specific crime

Popular Popular SovereigntySovereignty

•People are the source of govt’s power

10.2.1• Describe and explain the English, American, and

French revolutions’ and their “enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.”

• ALSO: Describe major ideas of three philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, and France specifically.

• Level 3 will include: In what ways do revolutions,

and the philosophies behind those revolutions, influence each other?

• Level 4 will include: What sorts of philosophies have remained relatively standard across time?

• 10.2.2• List the principles of and give specific

examples of three of the following documents: the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).

• Level 3 will include: How have principles of law changed over time? What principles have endured?

• Level 4 will include: What kind of progression in law do you see over the years? Are people given more or less protection? What about business?