England in the 16th and 17th Century
This king separated England from the Catholic Church.
King Henry VIII
The agricultural revolution
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The President of the Union during the war
Abraham Lincoln
Absolute Monarchy is the perfect form of government according to this philosopher
Thomas Hobbes
Define the Divine Right of Kings
The king was appointed by God and therefore is answerable ONLY to God
the country were the Industrial Revolution began
Where was the "Shot Heard Round the World"?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Dred Scott Case decision did what
It denied citizenship to black people.
Define Deism.
A god created the world and then no longer interferes in it.
The two sides of the English Civil War
The Royalists and the Puritans/Parlimentarians
Name one innovation of the agricultural revolution
- crop rotation: turnips or clover rather than leaving the land fallow.
- sturdier plough
- land drains
- selective breeding
The Reign of Terror was led by whom?
Robespierre
Turning point of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
Define Nationalism
This king was beheaded in 1649.
Charles I
Daily Double!
The inventor of the steam engine
James Watt
French Society was divided into three estates. Name those estates.
First Estate - Clergy
Second Estate - Nobility
Third Estate - Peasants (everyone else)
General Lee surrendered to General Grant where
At Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Define Empiricism. Name one philosopher associated with it.
All knowledge comes from our sensory experience. Observation and scientific method over reason.
John Locke, Francis Bacon, David Hume, or George Berkeley.
Why were William of Orange and Mary II invited by parliament to take over the English throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
They were protestant, and Mary was the daughter of James II (who had held the throne for only 3 years).
What percentage of the labor force in textile factories were women?
More than 80%
Summarize the cause for the American Revolution
- French and Indian War led to a British debt crisis
- high taxation without representation
- Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts
- Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
Explain the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787
Southern states wanted to count the slave population for electoral votes, and the Northern states did not. 3/5ths were counted as a compromise.
Define Romanticism.
An artistic and cultural movement characterized by an emphasis on individuality, human emotion, and the worship of nature. A reaction against the Enlightenment.