Family Feudalism
He was the cruel fifth century ruler of the Huns.
Attila
The French mathematician who invented analytic geometry.
Rene Descartes
This is a type of Mesopotamian pyramid.
Ziggurat
He killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while he was the sitting Vice President.
Aaron Burr
The legislative body called by Louis XVI for the first time in 175 years.
Estates General
Nero
The term given to Enlightenment thinkers and writers.
Philosophes
A pupil of Plato, he was Alexander the Great's teacher.
Aristotle
It was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election.
South Carolina
Quote often attributed to Marie Antoinnette when informed the people were starving, but likely she never said.
“Then let them eat cake / brioche.”
The French monarch who revoked parlements and consolidated absolute power.
Louis XIV
Hobbes’ seminal work which defended absolutist government.
Leviathan
This capital city was famous for its gardens, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Babylon
This president was the first U.S. Secretary of State.
Thomas Jefferson
Although he lied about the monarchy’s finances, he was popular with the masses and repeatedly brought back by the king.
Jacques Necker
Henry VIII had three wives with this name.
Catherine
The church council that took action to reform itself from 1545 to 1563.
Council of Trent
The ancient name for what is now Israel.
Caanan
What presidential curse did Ronald Reagan break that had begun in 1840?
Presidents elected in years ending in "0" died in office.
The document published in August 1789 to explain the privileges that citizens would have under the new government.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
He authored the Unam Sanctum in an attempt to reassert Church power over secular monarchs.
Boniface VIII
A French writer known for his works of satire, such as Candide.
Voltaire
This small island was famous in the ancient world for its very large statue.
Rhodes
This play was being performed at Ford's Theatre the night President Lincoln was shot.
Our American Cousin
Named after one of the French Republican calendar months, it was the events that began with the overthrow of Robespierre in July 1794.
Thermidorian Reaction