Scientific Revolution
Absolute Monarchs
English Civil War
Enlightenment
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100
This is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.
What is the scientific method
100
This Spanish monarch ruled during the great defeat of the Spanish Armada
Who is Phillip II
100
This Queen was the last of the Tudor family
Who is Elizabeth I
100
This philosophe believed that mankind was naturally selfish, nasty, and needed the power of an absolute monarch.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
100
Philosophe who believed in the rights of Life, Liberty, and Property
Who is John Locke
200
Supported by the ancient Greeks, and the Catholic Church in medieval Europe, this is model of the universe in which the earth is the center
What is the geocentric model of the universe
200
This French monarch was responsible for building the great palace at Versailles
Who is Louis XIV
200
This monarch ruled during the Civil War and was later executed for being a tyrant
Who is Charles I
200
This philosophe argued for the separation of powers (government should be divided into 3 branches)
Who is Baron de Montesquieu
200
Economic policy designed to benefit the monarchy of a colonial power.
What is mercantilism
300
This is the model of universe that argues the sun in the center of the universe
What is heliocentric model
300
This Russian monarch was known for westernizing his nation in the 18th century
Who is Peter the Great
300
This English event refers the period in which Charles II was invited by Parliament to bring back the power of the monarchy.
What is the Restoration
300
Philosophe who argued for the merits of direct democracy
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau
300
This was established in the 13th century by English nobles looking to restrict the power of their king.
What is the Magna Carta
400
This scientist developed the heliocentric theory of the universe
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
400
The belief that the power of the monarch comes directly from God
What is divine right
400
This law protects citizens from being jailed without just cause
What is Habeas Corpus
400
Philosophe who argued for freedom of speech and religion
Who is Voltaire?
400
England's version of the legislative branch is called this
What is Parliament
500
This scientists supported the theories of Copernicus and was accused by the Catholic Church as being a heretic
Who is Galileo Galilei
500
Absolute monarchs actively worked to diminish the power of this social class.
Who are the nobility
500
It was the actions of this king which caused Parliament to invite William and Mary of Orange to be the new monarchs of England.
Who is James II
500
Philosophe who believed that if a government breaks the social contract, citizens have a right to overthrow their rule.
Who is John Locke
500
This man led a Puritan Revolution against the tyrannical king of England in the 17th century.
Who is Oliver Cromwell
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