Revolutionary History in The 17th and 18th Centuries

Triangular Trade- Triangular Trade is a term used to refer to the trade between three regions. This type of trade is useful in situations where three countries have commodities that each other need. One example of such a trade is the Triangular Slave Trade involving Europe and Africa and the West Indies. Europe needed to buy slaves from Africa to sell to the West Indies. These slaves would then work the sugar cane fields that was then sold to Europe to use in their tea.

Isaac Newton- Isaac Newton was born in 1643 in England and died in 1727. He studied at Cambridge and published the Philosophy Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687; desribing the three laws of motion. This contribution to the scientific community aided the invention of new weaponry, and advanced the scientific revolution.

Robespierre- Robespierre was born in 1758 and lived until 1794. He was known for his leadership during the Reign of Terror period of the French Revolution. He was admant in reforming the current government. Robespierre was executed in 1794 for treason.

Montesquieu-

Rousseau-

Voltaire- (1694-1778) also known as François-Marie Arouet was a french enlightened writer, essayist, deist, and philosopher. He was important for his wit, philosopher sport, and defense of civil liberties such as freedom of religion. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize Christian Church dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire wrote a book called Philosopher Letters Concerning the English Nations in which he distingushed between people of two different nations, the french and british. Voltaire demonstrated the superority of the British. The British valued people for their merit rather than their birth. The British people

The Estates General- The Estates General of 1789

Louis XVI-Louis XVI was born in 1754 in France and lived until 1793.

Marie Antoinette- Marie Antoinette was born in 1755 in Austria and lived until 1793. She married Louis XVI of France and in 1775, Louis XVI became King of France, and she became his Queen. This was much to the dismay of the people of France not merely because she wasn’t French; but also because she lived a life of extreme exuberance during the French Revolution. This infuriated the French citizens and, even though she was considered a great mother, she was accused of teaching her son how to masturbate. Therefore, the citizens deemed her an unpure mother; and according to Kishlansky’s book, Civilization in the West; she was convicted of treason in and executed by guillotine in 1793.

The Reign of Terror- The Reign of Terror was a period of about twelve months during the French Revolution during which citizens performed mass exucutions by guillotine. During this treacheurous time during which approximately 40,000 lives were taken by guillotine alone. Most of these lives were peasents accused of treasonous crimes such as rebellion. The Rreign of Terror started in 1793