Essay Writing
Enlightenment Thinkers
Revolution
Scientific Revolutions
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100

This is the main point of the paper

Thesis

100
This enlightenment thinker did not think much of religion.

Voltaire 

100

This revolution inspired by the enlightenment is still an ongoing experiment today.

The American Revolution

100

This belief held that the universe revolved around the earth.

Geocentric 
100

You should never refer to this person in your essay

yourself

200

This is a first hand account

Primary Source

200

This thinker shared a lot in common with the founding fathers of the United States.

John Locke
200

This revolution inspired by the enlightenment went full circle, replacing one absolute monarchy for a dictator.

The French Revolution

200

This belief held that the earth moved around the sun

Heliocentric

200

You shouldn't use conjunctions in your essay, true or false

True

300

This is an expert perspective of the subject

Secondary source

300

This thinker wrote a pamphleteer called common sense.

Thomas Paine

300

This type of monarchy left no room for decent giving the king or queen absolute control.

Absolute monarchy

300

This system created checks for scientist to prove their theories.

Scientific system

300

You cannot write an essay any shorter than this length and still have it be an essay.

Three paragraphs

400

This is the amount of new information included in the conclusion

None

400

These thinkers started a new country.

The US. or Founding fathers

400

Every monarch who supported enlightenment found resounding success and happier subjects.  True or false.

False

400
This thinker got credit for postulating that the earth was moving around the sun.

Galileo 

400

When writing an essay it is ok to label your thesis.  True or false

false

500

This is the purpose of the body of an essay

To support your thesis

500

This American document was inspired by enlightenment principles

The declaration of independence or the Constitution of the United States.

500

This Czar of Russia was born in Germany, ousted her own husband and embraced just enough of the enlightenment to succeed.

Catherine the Great

500

This was the reaction to the earliest scientific discoveries.

Largely negative.

500

Mr. Whitney will laugh at you if you use the words "in this essay" or "in conclusion"  True or false

True

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