Absolute Rule
He built the palace of Versailles
Who is Louis XIV?
Came up with the heliocentric theory.
Who is Copernicus?
Contains the assertion that people have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
What is The Declaration of Independence?
A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder on July 14, 1789.
What is Bastille Day? (Storming of the Bastille)
The name of Napoleon's laws.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
Leader of Russia who began westernization
Who is Tsar Peter the Great?
Proved the heliocentric theory with math.
Who is Kepler?
English philosopher who believed people possess natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
He led a revolt of enslaved Africans in Saint Domingue (Haiti).
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
Napoleon's wife (the one he divorced)
Who is Josephine?
He united Japan under the rule of the shogunate.
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu?
Imprisoned for writing about the heliocentric theory.
Who is Galileo?
The Age of Reason.
What is the Enlightenment?
The 3rd Estate swore not to leave until they had a new constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
The time Napoleon ruled Paris after he escaped from exile.
What is The Hundred Days?
Charles II was put on the throne as a result of this.
What is The Restoration?
Another word for worldly.
What is secular?
He said, "I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it."
Who is Voltaire?
A non-violent revolution occurred here, with a petition.
What is Brazil?
Napoleon died there in exile.
What is St. Helena?
The dynasty of Austria.
Who are the Hapsburgs?
Uses observation and experimentation. (hint: you use this process when doing labs in science)
What is the Scientific Method?
The purpose of separation of powers.
Checks and Balances
This did not work because of power hungry leaders.
What is the French Revolution?
The name for the peace conference following the Napoleonic Wars.
What is the Congress of Vienna?