Scientific Revolution
The theory that the Sun is at the center of the universe
What is: the heliocentric theory?
The thinker who said gov't should protect life, liberty, and property.
Who is: John Locke?
Meetings where people gathered to discuss ideas.
What are salons?
The number of British colonies along North America's east coast
What is: 13?
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was: Thomas Jefferson?
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The scientist who proposed the heliocentric theory.
Who is: Nicolaus Copernicus?
The thinker who supported tolerance & freedom of speech.
Who is: Voltaire?
The Paris salon hostess who helped finance the Encyclopedia.
Who is: Marie-Therese Geoffrin?
Britain's system of controlling trade & resources to build wealth.
What is: mercantilism?
The document that listed the first ten amendments.
What is: the Bill of Rights?
This scientist used a telescope to support Copernicus’s ideas.
Who is: Galileo Galilei?
The idea that people give up some freedom for law and order.
What is the social contract?
An ornate, grand style of art.
What is Baroque style?
The 1765 tax on printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act?
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The 1774 meeting where colonies organized protests against British policies.
What was the 1st Continental Congress?
This scientist said that all objects attract each other
Who is: Isaac Newton?
The thinker who proposed separating government powers.
Who is: Montesquieu?
This art style borrowed ideas from ancient Greece & Rome
What is: Neoclassical art?
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The war that was left Britain with debts and increased tensions with its colonies.
What was: the French & Indian War?
The first U.S. plan of gov't, which lacked executive & judicial branches.
What was: the Articles of Confederation?
A new model places the Sun at the center instead of Earth. It shows a major change concerning what?
What is: what is the center of the universe?
One thinker favored a strong ruler for order; another believed people had natural rights that gov't must protect.
Who are: Hobbes & Locke?
A ruler makes reforms to strengthen the country & make their rule more effective -- it does have a name for it.
What is: an Enlightened Despot?
Colonists' complaint that Britain taxed them without letting them elect members of Parliament.
What was "taxation without representation"?
The Constitution divides power between the national gov't & states. This also has a name.
What is federalism?