Enlightenment Thinkers
This early advocate for women's rights wrote about equality for women.
Mary Wollstonecraft
This theory states that the sun is at the center of the solar system.
Heliocentric theory
This Estate comprised the vast majority (95-98%) of France's population
3rd Estate
This military leader eventually seized power and ended the Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte
Before the revolution France was ruled by this type of government?
Absolute Monarchy
This philosopher argued that government exists to protect people's natural rights of life, liberty and property.
John Locke
Isaac Newton is famous for explaining this law.
Law of universal gravitation
King Louis XVI called this representative body into session in 1789
The Estates- General
This uniform set of laws was created by Napoleon
Napoleonic Code
The French Revolution was heavily influenced by this earlier successful revolution
The American Revolution
In general the Philosophes believed in which of the following:
1. Decrease women's rights
2. All Church decrees upheld
3. Progress for society
Progress for society
This scientist used observation and experimentation to support the heliocentric theory and Copernicus' wor
Galileo
This period saw thousands executed under Robespierre's leadership.
The Reign of Terror
What marked Napoleon's final defeat in 1815
Battle of Waterloo
Representatives of the Third Estate made this famous pledge to not separate until a constitution was written
Tennis Court Oath
This thinker supported religious tolerance and freedom of speech.
Voltaire
This scientist developed the scientific method
Francis Bacon
On July 14th, 1789 a mob stormed this prison in search of gunpowder.
the Bastille
Napoleon's disastrous 1812 invasion targeted this country?
Russia
This device became the symbol of revolutionary executions
Guillotine
This philosopher believed people should form governments through a social contract.
Rousseau (technically Hobbes or Locke work too)
This scientist developed the first vaccine to prevent smallpox.
Edward Jenner
Jacobins
After Napoleon's downfall, European leaders met at this gathering.
Congress of Vienna.
With whom does the ultimate power in society lie, according to the U.S. Constitution's Preamble?
The people (the citizens)