Enlightenment Ideas
Which philosopher argued human nature is a blank slate, or a tabula rasa?
John Locke
Joseph II was ruler of which kingdom?
Austria
Whose throne's legitimacy was challenged in the War of Austrian Succession?
Maria Theresa
The 1707 Act of Union created which country?
Great Britain
Who was the most important feminist thinker of the Enlightenment, that wrote a Vindication of the Rights of Women?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which French philosopher was the chief editor of the Encyclopedia?
Diderot
Catherine the Great put down which major peasant rebellion?
Pugachev Rebellion
Which territory of Austria's did Frederick the Great want in the War of Austrian Succession?
Silesia
Who was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
The Queen of Night in Mozart's Magic Flute was probably based on what monarch?
Maria Theresa
Which philosopher argued for the separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Which Enlightenment ruler was an accomplished flute player?
Frederick the Great
Which country became allied with Austria in the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756?
France
Which dynasty ruled Great Britain after the Stuart dynasty?
Hanover
Which eighteenth-century religious philosophy based on reason and natural law argued that God does not interfere in nature?
Deism
Which philosopher argued for the general will?
Rousseau
Which Enlightenment ruler actually emancipated the serfs of his kingdom?
Joseph II
Who was prime minister of Great Britain during the Seven Years' War?
William Pitt the Elder
Which was the last battle of the American Revolutionary war?
Yorktown
Who said "those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities"?
Voltaire
Who wrote the Wealth of Nations, arguing for a free-market economy?
Adam Smith
Which Enlightenment ruler wanted to publish all volumes of Diderot's Encyclopedia?
Catherine the Great
Which Russian king was considered too close to the Prussians, and was overthrown by his wife Catherine?
Peter III
Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Paris
Which famous British general died before defeating the French outside of Quebec?
General Wolfe