HIEU 242 Exam (with correct answers 100%)

Ancien Regime correct answers political structure in pre-revolution France that consisted of absolutism and class orders/estates Absolutism correct answers system of government in which both legislative and executive power was concentrated in the hands of a king who could act w/o any legal limitations on his sovereignty (result of religious wars from earlier century) Palace of Versailles correct answers center of French political power from 1682 Louis XIV correct answers "sun king" who moved nobles from provinces into Versailles "nobility of the sword" correct answers old line of nobility extending over generations within one family "nobility of the robe" correct answers Nobility who bought in, new money first estate correct answers clergy second estate correct answers nobility third estate correct answers commoners honor in ancien regime correct answers distinguished birth and profession moral basis of 18th century society correct answers tradition (family ways) & authority (church) privileges correct answers private laws that legislated inequality, examples: death penalty and taxes only applied to commoners ancien regime dress code correct answers only nobility and clergy were allowed to wear bright, expensive clothes because social standing needed to be visible The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen correct answers unequal rights people lived by under the ancien regime The Enlightenment correct answers intellectual movement during the ancien regime that facilitated thinking and skepticism which challenged tradition and authority (church) The Scientific Revolution (16th - 17th c.) correct answers discovery of "natural laws" regulating the universe provided inspo to seek similar "natural laws" regulating government and society Paris correct answers birthplace of Enlightenment