what i learned about the french revolution

what i learned about the french revolution was that there was a committee of 12 people who helped France if there was ever a war, i also learned that they got rid of all social classes. and i also learned about two new people,

why did louis XVI call the estates general? what was the result

Louis XVI called the estates general because, in 1788 France tottered on the verge of bankruptcy, so a baffled Louis XIV summoned the estates general to meet as Versailles the following year

terms that i know

stamp act: the stamp act was taxes
George Washington: was a military leader
Thomas Jefferson: author of declaration of independence
James Madison: wrote the constitution
popular sovereignty: government that can exist only with the consent of the governed

compare and contrast the teachings of Hobbs and Locke

Hobbes                                                                                                          Locke 

-seventeenth century English thinkers                                                  -   seventeenth century English thinkers

-lived through the upheavals of the English civil war          -lived through the upheavals of the English civil war








                                                             Differences   
         
                           - Hobbes believed in powerful government

                           - Locke advocates natural rights

warm up for Lauren and Lizzie

peter the great- used his power to put Russia to become a great modern power

westernization- the adaptation of western ideas technology and culture

autocratic- he ruled with unlimited authority

st. petersburg- new capitol city that peter founded

Catherine the great- was a monarch and ruled because peter didn't have an heir

Hapsburg empire, Charles v, Philip II, absolute monarch, divine right.

Hapsburg empire- included the holy roman empire and the Netherlands
Charles V - was the ruler of the Hapsburg empire
Phillip II - expanded Spanish influence, and and strengthened catholic church, and made his own power absolute.
Absolute monarch- a ruler with complete authority over the gov. and the lives of the people.
divine right- the rule came directly from god

tell me about something that happened in your life that changed you

so something that happened that changed me was that i came to this school, before like you might have read in my other blog, i don't remember, but anyways, this school changed me. i used to go to Cleveland high school, which was a huge school!i was more involved with my awesome social life!!! and yes i did have an awesome social life, i had an awesome best friend, her name was alexis barn castle, she was amazing, we  always shared our clothes and our shoes, cause we had the same shoe size, and everything. i had an awesome boyfriend and we were real happy till he played me!!! which i will not speak of at all cause its a private matter. i had awesome friends who were all pretty much like cholas and cholos as you may seem as gangsters or whatever you want to call them, but one day my dad got real mad at me for something but anyways now im here