French Revolution
Storming of the Bastille
Nicolaus Copernicus
Founder of the Methodist Church and one of the most influential preachers of the 18th century's spiritual revival.
John Wesley
Leader of the Roundheads during the English Civil War and creator of the Protectorate.
Oliver Cromwell
Political rule that is unlimited is known as what?
Absolutism
Napoleon's final battle, in which he was defeated by the Duke of Wellington.
Battle of Waterloo
The scientist who made telescope improvements and confirmed the heliocentric theory.
Galileo Galilei
Political writer who thought that people are born with natural rights, the government's purpose is the consent of the governed, and people create a "social contract" with the government.
John Locke
Who took the throne in place of James II during the Glorious Revolution?
William & Mary
Louis XIV's lavish establishment that he built as the center of France's government.
Palace of Versailles
The 1789 French document that lists the national rights of all people.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The scientist who developed the smallpox vaccine.
Edward Jenner
Political writer who thought that the government should reflect the "general will," or majority opinion.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This English law protected the rights of prisoners from a monarch by stating that the prisoner must be charged with a crime or released.
Habeas Corpus Act
This group was persecuted when the Edict of Nantes was revoked.
Huguenots
Napoleon's most enduring accomplishment.
Code Napoleon
DAILY DOUBLE
Isaac Newton, best known for his creation of the laws of gravity and motion, created this branch of mathematics.
The belief that God exists but is not involved in human affairs.
Deism
This English law limited royal power, established civil liberties, and prevented future monarchs from being Catholic.
English Bill of Rights
Which Russian tzar wanted to put Russia in step with the rest of Europe by adopting western practices?
Peter the Great
Who was king of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI (16th)
This scientist, known as the Father of Experimental Biology, discovered the circulatory system.
William Harvey
Who created the idea of pantheism, that the universe is one substance called "god"?
Baruch Spinoza
This English law said that Parliament has the right to grant the throne to the person of their choice.
Act of Settlement
The treaty that ended the Thirty Years War and recognized independent Protestant states.
Peace of Westphalia