Key Terms
Social gatherings for discussing ideas and enjoying art.
What are salons?
I was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written by this person.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
I abolished serfdom.
Who is Joseph II?
This European city was the center of the Enlightenment in the 1700s.
What is Paris?
The first TEN amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This is the infamous phrase associated with the American colonists protesting British policies.
What is "No Taxation Without Representation?"
He was criticized and risked arrest because his encyclopedia threatened the government and the Catholic Church.
Who is Denis Diderot?
I expanded my country's borders.
Who is Catherine the Great?
This act restricted trade so that colonists would become more dependent on Great Britain.
What is the Navigation Act?
Grande, ornate style in arts and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s.
What is baroque?
This was the only governing body created under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the legislative body?
One of the most famous salon owners who would later finance an encyclopedia.
Who is Marie-Therese Geoffrin.
I reformed education and the justice system.
Who is Frederick the Great?
Supporters of the newly written Constitution were called this...
Who are the Federalists?
A system in government where each branch has the ability to limit the power of the other two branches.
What is checks and balances?
These were the first battles of the American Revolution.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
These TWO individuals developed many of the features of the modern novel.
Who were Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding?
I failed to abolish capital punishment and torture.
Who is Catherine the Great?
Mary Wollstonecraft had a famous daughter whose name was this...
Who is Mary Shelley?
System of government in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
What is the federal system?
The American colonists were victorious over the mighty British military because of these FOUR reasons.
What is American motivation, overconfident British generals, war expenses, and French assistance.
These THREE classical composers in Vienna, Austria, rank among the greatest figures of the classical period in music.
Who are Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven?
I granted religious freedom and abolished torture.
Who is Frederick the Great?
The THREE legacies of the Enlightenment were these...
What is belief in progress, a more secular outlook, and the importance of the individual?