Enlightenment Thinkers
Q: This thinker believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
A: Who is John Locke?
Q: This 1776 document declared independence from Britain.
A: What is the Declaration of Independence?
Q: This event marked the start of the French Revolution in 1789.
A: What is the Storming of the Bastille?
Q: This revolution was led by enslaved people and created Haiti.
A: What is the Haitian Revolution?
Q: This French leader rose to power after the revolution.
A: Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Q: This philosopher argued for separation of powers in government.
A: Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Q: This war was fought between the American colonies and Great Britain.
A: What is the American Revolutionary War?
Q: This document declared the rights of French citizens.
A: What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Q: This leader helped lead Haiti to independence.
A: Who is Toussaint Louverture?
Q: This set of laws created by Napoleon reformed France’s legal system.
A: What is the Napoleonic Code?
Q: This thinker believed people should give up some freedoms for protection (social contract).
A: Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Q: This Enlightenment idea influenced the colonies’ desire for independence.
A: What are natural rights?
Q: This king was executed during the revolution.
A: Who is Louis XVI?
Q: This South American leader helped liberate several countries from Spain.
A: Who is Simón Bolívar?
Q: This major defeat weakened Napoleon’s army in 1812.
A: What is the invasion of Russia?
Q: This Enlightenment thinker supported freedom of speech and religion.
A: Who is Voltaire?
Q: This leader was the main general of the Continental Army.
A: Who is George Washington?
Q: This violent period included mass executions by guillotine.
A: What is the Reign of Terror?
Q: This term describes colonies breaking away from their mother country.
A: What is independence?
Q: This final battle ended Napoleon’s rule.
A: What is the Battle of Waterloo?
Q: This philosopher believed government should reflect the “general will” of the people.
A: Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Q: This country helped the American colonies defeat Britain.
A: What is France?
Q: This group of radicals led the Reign of Terror.
A: Who are the Jacobins?
Q: This empire controlled much of South America before revolutions.
A: What is Spain?
Q: This system tried to weaken Britain by stopping trade.
A: What is the Continental System?