Hobbes' idea of an agreement between people and their government. This idea says that people are inherently bad and need a strong ruler to be in total control.
What is The Social Contract?
100
A meeting hosted mostly by women where enlightenment ideas were discussed.
What is a salon?
100
The war fought between the Britain and France that took place in America in 1754.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
New, sun centered view of the universe based on scientific observation and reason.
What is heliocentric theory?
200
He believed that people are born with 3 natural rights: life liberty and property.
Who is John Locke?
200
A large set of books to which many Enlightenment thinkers contributed articles and which contributed to the spread of the Enlightenment.
What is Diderot's Encyclopedia?
200
A political leader during the Second Continental Congress and the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
New approach to scientific testing using observation and a logical, 4 step procedure.
What is Scientific Method?
300
A French philosophe who used satire in his writing to criticize his opponents.
Who is Voltaire?
300
New style of art that emerged during the Enlightenment that is characterized by simplicity and elegance and borrowed style from classic Greek and Roman art.
What is Neoclassical?
300
A governmental system in which power is divided between the federal and state governments.
What is the federal system?
400
An instrument developed during the Scientific Revolution that had the ability to enlarge far-off objects.
What is the telescope?
400
He believed in the separation of governmental powers in order to prevent one person or group from becoming too powerful.
Who is the Baron de Montesquieu?
400
Monarchs who embraced new enlightened ideas and made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment spirit.
What are Enlightened Despots?
400
The first ten amendments formally added to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
The book that Galileo published which led him to stand trial before the Inquisition?
What is "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"?
500
A philosophe who advocated for education and women's rights.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
500
A famous enlightened despot who was ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796.
Who is Catherine the Great?
500
A tax imposed on the colonies by Britain for official stamps on legal documents.