Exploration
Not wanting to deal with the Italians or Arabs to trade, this European country was the first to investigate sailing to Asia during the 15th century
What is Portugal
The Polish priest published a book in 1543 theorizing that sun wa the center of the universe with the earth and other planets revolving around in.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This is complete power in the hands of a monarch who could rule as he wished.
What is absolutism?
The storming of this prison is considered the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This Austrian diplomat called a meeting of the leaders of Europe in Vienna.
Who is Clemens von Metternich?
This country sent explorers to modern day Florida, and Central America and around the world.
What is Spain?
He was condemned by the Roman Inquisition for his publicly articulating his findings on the heliocentric solar system.
Who is Galileo?
This monarch more than any other in the 17th century had complete power over his country.
Who is Louis XIV
This royal couple was executed after being caught trying to flee the country.
Who was King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
He was chosen as king of France by the Congress of Vienna
Who is Louis XVIII?
This European country originally had settlements along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers?
What is France?
He wrote The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This English monarch who advanced the principle of the divine right of kings.
Who is James I?
He was the leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
What is the German Confederation?
Italian explorer John Cabot explored New Found Land for this
What is England?
He developed differential calculus.
Who is Blaise Pascal?
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This document largely written by the Marquis de Lafayette stated the revolutionary principles of the National Assembly.
The Congress of Vienna was formed after this event.
What is the abdication of Napoleon?
This country had colonies along the Hudson River during the 17th century.
What is the Netherlands?
He stressed the careful observation and collection of information instead of Medieval scholasticism.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon?
After the Stuarts were restored to the throne, King Charles II and his brother, King James II, tried to restore the Catholic Church resulting in Parliament inviting this couple to take the throne the throne of England.
Who is William of Orange of the Netherlands and his wife Mary?
Name two causes of the economic slow down that helped precipitate the French Revolution?
What were poor harvests, regulations that hampered trade and manufacturing, and national debt?
These were the two principles that guided the Congress of Vienna.
What is legitimacy and balance of power?