Battles/Revolution
This revolution, often called the only peaceful revolution, saw the transfer of power from James II to William III and Mary II without significant bloodshed, solidifying constitutional monarchy in England?
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This religous group defined their belief that only adults, who could make informed decisions, should be baptized.
Who are the anabaptists?
This man advocated for free market economics and opposed mercantilist policies, emphasizing the importance of competition and the invisible hand.
Who is Adam Smith?
The French foundational document of the French Revolution
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
The belief that a monarch derives there power from God, and thus are only accountable to God.
What is Divine Right?
The battle where Britain became the unchallenged master of the seas.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805)
The religous belief in a distant, non-intervening God who created the universe and set it in motion but did not interfere thereafter.
What is Deism? +200 bonus points if you can name what deists referred to God as.
The man who seized power in France in 1799.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte? +200 Bonus points if you can explain his rise to power.
The essay that argued all humans are born “tabula rasa” and that knowledge comes from experience/enviroment.
What is the Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)?
Describes the artistic and cultural achievements from the 14th-16th century.
What is the Renaissance?
This conflict, spanning from 1701 to 1713, arose from fears of a potential union of the French and Spanish thrones, threatening the balance of power and British colonies. It concluded with Britain gaining Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay, and control over the African slave trade.
What is the War of the Spanish Succession?
The radicals in the French Revolution
Who was the Jacobins? (Or who was the Mountain?)
He wrote On Pleasure, which defended senses of the highest good.
Who is Lorenzo Valla?
What is the Test Act (1673)?
The emergence of two new classes during the period from 1750 to 1850 was caused by this transformative economic and social process.
What is industrialization? +100 bonus points if you can name the two classes.
This series of civil wars in England (1455–1487) was fought between the houses of Lancaster and York over control of the English throne, culminating in the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
What is the War of the Roses?
This English governing body, convened in 1640, lasted for 20 years and played a key role in the events leading to the English Civil War by challenging royal authority and passing laws to limit the king’s power.
What is the Long Parliament?
This man reached the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartholomew Diaz?
The list of grievances that rejected that good works can ensure salvation, criticized papal wealth, and challenged the Popes power to allow indulgences.
What is the 95 Thesis?
The Dutch pioneered these techniques.
What is drainage techniques?
These conflicts between two major European dynasties from 1494 to 1559 were fought primarily over control of Italy, with both sides seeking dominance in Europe.
What are the Habsburg-Valois Wars?
This intellectual movement of the Renaissance emphasized the study of classical texts, human potential, and achievements, focusing on secularism and individualism while influencing art, education, and philosophy.
What is Humanism?
He was appointed to the Royal Council in 1624 and became the chief Minister in 1628. His key measurewas a centralized administration, where France was divided into 32 generalities, each headed by an intendant responsible to the king, ensuring control over justice, policing, and finance.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
The essay that declared that mans potential is unlimited, and that it is one’s duty to strive to be the best they can be. It also stated that humans are right below angles and God.
What is On the Dignity of Man
This response was inspired partly by Martin Luther’s On Christian Liberty and driven by economic hardship, began in Swabia in 1524 and spread across Germany, and they citied scripture and issuing the “Twelve Articles” to condemn clerical and secular abuses.
What are the Peasant Revolts of 1524–1525?