Enlightenment Basic
Paintings
People
History
Writings
100
What is the Main Idea of The Enlightenment?
Reason
100
What category of Enlightenment focuses does this painting belong?
Science
100
Satire writer, Writes "A Modest Proposal"
Jonathan Swift
100
Name two revolutions that occur during the Enlightenment
French and American
100
Who said Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton are the GOAT, implying science is the most important element of human society?
Voltaire
200
Define Reason
The power of human beings to Understand and Improve
200
Who is this a painting of?
Isaac Newton
200
Queen of Russia
Catharine II
200
What is the revoltuion of the mind during this time?
Scientific Revolution
200
Who said "All men are created equal" and we must protect "life, health, liberty, and possessions?"
John Locke
300
What are the three focuses of The Enlightenment?
Science, Politics, Revolution
300
Name three people in this painting
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson (primary author), John Hancock (first signer), Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. Other key figures included Roger Sherman, Samuel Adams, and Edward Rutledge
300
American Revolutionary and writer of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
300
Explain the difference between the American revolution and French revolution
You have to say one successful and one not successful and why.
Or... one was civil and one was against a far power
300
Who said "Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience" and "It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men".
Mary Wollstonecraft
400
Name one of the three consequences of the science against religion debate
Nature as machine, Science "replaces" religion, how not why
400
What is the name of this painting?
Liberty Leading the People
400
English politician who loved the American revolution, but hated the French
Edmund Burke
400
Define Utilitarianism
Idea that if it is not a necessity, then it is bad
400
Name three virtues in Ben Franklin's Autobiography
Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity, and Humility
500
When was the Enlightenment?
1685–1815 (17th AND 18th century)
500
Where does this painting take place?
Tennis Court
500
(Force = mass X acceleration)
Isaac Newton
500
Describe the political events in England leading up to the start of The Enlightenment.
(You must know the names of at least 2 of the leaders)
English Civil War (Charles I, James, William and Mary)
500
What is one of the purposes of man in Alexander Pope's "Essay on Man"
emphasizing self-knowledge, acceptance of one's flawed nature, and the belief that individual self-love ultimately contributes to the universal good