Men of the Enlightenment
This man created the 3 laws of motion and calculus
Isaac Newton
Who was the last Tudor ruler of England?
Elizabeth I
What war was fought in North America between England and France?
What shortage helped lead to the French Revolution?
Bread and crop shortages
What was the most profitable territory in Europe for Spain in the 16 century?
Spanish Netherlands
Italian Astronomer who made the heliocentric idea more widespread
Galileo Galilei
What is the Toleration Act of 1689? (what did it do)
Granted religious freedom to people of England
What did England do to the American Colonies shortly after the war with the French to recoup some of the war debt?
they instilled taxes on the colonies
who are in the 3 Estates?
1st- the church
2nd-nobels
3rd-common people
What war was considered the last great religious war in Europe?
Thirty Years War
Polish astronomer who was one of the first to come up with the heliocentric idea.
Nikolaus Copernicus
Who was the leader of the opposition to the crown who eventually became Lord Protector of England?
Oliver Cromwell
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
Who were the king and queen of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
Why did Spain send an armada to England in 1588?
To stop the spread of Protestantism
German astronomer who mathematically disproved the Ptolemaic idea of orbit
Johannes Kepler
Who was the King of England who got executed during the English Civil War?
Charles I
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
This lawyer became leader of France during the Reign of Terror
Maximillion Robespierre
What were the 2 sides called during the English Civil War?
Cavaliers and Roundheads
This French man studied governments and recognized the separation of powers
Montesquieu
Who became King of England during the Glorious Revolution?
William of Orange
What is popular sovereignty?
government for the people, by the people.
Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Marquis de Lafayette
Why did America not like the taxation that England was imposing on them?
The colonists had no representation in English Parlement.