Politics
This man gave us the concept of Natural Rights
John Locke
Showy, very ornate style that was more middle ages than Enlightenment was called
Baroque
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The father of modern chemistry was
Robert Boyle
This Russian leader fought a war with the Ottoman Empire and participated in the Partition of Poland
Catherine the Great
This Englishman gave us the concept of the Social COntract
Thomas Hobbes
The dominant art style of the Enlightenment was
Neoclassical
This major event preceded the American Revolution and was the rationale that the British used to raise taxes
The French and Indian War
Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the
Microscope
Gathering of intellectuals in France took place in
Salons
This Frenchman gave us the concept of Separation of Powers
Montesquieu
Name two things that Neoclassical art got from Greece and Rome
Columns, domes, sculpture, the human form
This country sided with us in the American Revolution, sending both weapons and soldiers
France
The Heliocentric theory was proved by this man, even though he was forced to live under house arrest.
Galileo Galilei
Empiricism, or the experimental method, was championed by this English philosopher
Francis Bacon
This French thinker was a famous skeptic and said "I think, therefore I am"
Rene Descartes
This famous Austrian composer is an excellent example of the classical music style
Wolfgang Mozart
The final battle of the Revolutionary War was at
Yorktown
The German mathmetician that proved Copernicus' Heliocentric theory was
Johannes Kepler
The first real adventure novel, Robinson Crusoe, was written by
Daniel Defoe
The name of the French writer who championed freedom of speech and religion was
Voltaiere
This famous German composer is still famous for his symphonies
Ludwig van Beethoven
This young French noble came to help America gain its independence
Marquis de Lafayette
This Philospher published the first Encylopedia
Denis Diderot
This man figured out that blood circulated throughout your body and your heart is the pump
William Harvey