Enlightenment
This scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This king’s conflict with Parliament sparked the English Civil War.
Who is King Charles I?
This event on July 14, 1789, marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This monarch couple was invited to take the English throne during the Glorious Revolution.
Who are William and Mary?
The Enlightenment has 5 main concepts; name 3.
Reason, nature, happiness, progress, liberty.
This Puritan leader became Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I.
Who is Oliver Cromwell
This radical revolutionary leader was a key figure during the Reign of Terror.
Robespierre/Marat
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Glorious Revolution led to the signing of this document, which limited the powers of the monarchy.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Explain tabula rasa
"Clean slate"
Nature vs. nurture
Born into clean slate
This group supported Parliament during the English Civil War.
Who are the Roundheads?
This revolutionary device became a symbol of the Reign of Terror, and why was it significant
What is the guillotine?
Significance: equality in death, quick, public
This explorer is credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The Glorious Revolution established this type of government in England.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This Enlightenment philosopher said "life would be nasty, brutish, and short" without a strong king/leader/government in his famous book, inspired by events from the English Civil War.
Name the philosopher and the book.
Hobbes, Leviathan
This decisive battle marked a turning point in favor of the Parliamentarians.
What is the Battle of Naseby?
The French Revolution officially ended with the rise of this leader.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This country in Europe was the most religiously motivated to reach new lands
Spain - Catholicism
This Catholic king was overthrown during the Glorious Revolution:
And his followers were called:
James II and Jacobites
Explain the Social Contract, and give me an Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas support this concept
Answers may vary
Rosseau
This political document, written in 1649, laid out the abolition of the monarchy in England.
What is the Agreement of the People?
The French National Assembly adopted this document, inspired by Enlightenment ideals.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Elizabeth I notoriously sent out 'legal pirates' called________________, in order to sabotage French and Spanish boats.
What are...privateers?
This political philosopher justified the Glorious Revolution by arguing that governments must protect natural rights, and citizens have the right to overthrow a government that fails to do so.
John Locke