The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution
The American Revolution
The French Revolution and Napoleon
Industrialization and Imperialism
World War I
100

This political philosopher believed that humans were bad in the state of nature, therefore they needed to have a strong government to subdue them

Thomas Hobbes

100

This political philosopher is credited with influencing the Declaration of Independence, especially with his theory of natural rights.

John Locke

100

Before the French Revolution, this group was responsible for paying the majority of the taxes.

Third Estate

100

The Industrial Revolution started in this small country because of its copious natural resources, large population, and amount of capital.

Great Britain

100

This alliance was made up of France, Great Britain, and Russia.

Triple Entente OR Allied Powers

200

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that all people were good. Therefore, he was most in support of this type of government.

Democracy

200

This war, which took place before the American Revolution, led to the American colonies paying heavy taxes and a lot of discontent.

The Seven Years' War

200

The storming of the prison, resulting the decapitation of the guards and parade of their heads of spikes, marks the start of the French Revolution.

Bastille

200

The introduction of this process by Henry Ford allowed for more goods to be made more efficiently, as workers only had to specialize in one skill instead of making a whole product.

Assembly Line

200

This alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and later the Ottoman Empire.

Triple Alliances OR Central Powers

300

According to Issac Newton, this invisible force allows the planets to revolve the sun.

Gravity

300

Why did the American colonists take grievance with acts like the Stamp Act?

They didn't have to pay taxes before.

300

This period, led by Maximilien Robespierre, is characterized by the execution of thousands of "enemies of the revolution" via guillotine.

Reign of Terror

300

This economic system, introduced by Karl Marx, claims that history is a series of class struggles between the proletariat (working class) and the bourgeoisie (upper class).

Communism

300

The involvement of this country in WWI turned the tide of the war, earning a victory for the Allied Powers.

United States

400

This term is used to describe kings and queens who adopted ideas from the Age of Enlightenment.

Enlightened Despots

400

The American Revolution had the greatest impact on which following country, which saw its own revolution?

France

400

This military strategy utilized by the Russians led to Napoleon's army being greatly weakened, as they starved and froze in the cold winter.

Scorched-Earth Policy
400

This conflict began in China after the British continued to sell illegal drugs to the country despite frequent attempts to close their borders. 

Opium Wars

400

This country had to withdraw from the war early due to a revolution led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

Russia

500

This is the theory popularized by Copernicus and Galileo, which states that the sun is the center of the universe.

Heliocentrism

500

This policy, in which the British loosely enforced parliamentary laws on the American colonies, are largely a cause of the American Revolution.

Salutary Neglect
500

This was the battle in which Napoleon was finally defeated by the British, resulting in his exile to the island of Elba.

Waterloo

500

India saw a rebellion of this group of soldiers after the British required them to ingest animal fat, which was against both the Hindu and Muslim religion.

Sepoy

500

This country adopted the Schlieffen Plan as a way to attack their enemies (France) on the Western Front before looping around to attack their enemies (Russia) on the Eastern Front.

Germany

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