Absolutism
What did many European nations believe that stability came from?
Absolute rule
What did the Europeans began to challenge long-held beliefs about the universe and humanity's places in it, led 18th century intellectuals?
Scientific Revolution
What intellectual movement centered on reason, logic and natural laws?
Enlightenment
Who was heavily taxed?
Peasants
How tall am I?
5,7 an a half
What the system where monarch held total control over government and society?
Absolutism
How did thinkers promote knowledge to be gained through what?
Observation and Experimentation.
Who believed that all people were born with natural rights?
John Locke
What was a series of guillotine executions for those suspected enemies of the revolution?
Reign of Terror
What is my fav. candy?
Nerd cluster
Absolutism was justified through the idea of what?
Divine Right
Who introduced the heliocentric model.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who strongly defended freedom of speech and religion?
Voltaire
Who rose to power in 1799?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What do I drink the most?
WATER
What leader embodied this belief, that expanding their nation through costly wars to increase power and prestige.
Louis XIV of France
Nicolaus Copernicus created the heliocentric model who was the person who support the model?
Galileo Galilei
What challenges Church authorities and promotes reasoning?
Dictator’s encyclopedia
What code did Napoleon establish reform in government?
Napoleonic Code
How many siblings do I have?
5
Why did monarchs later attempted to modernize their rule by adopting enlightenment ideas while keeping absolute authority.
Enlightened despots
What provides evidence to prove that the earth revolves around the sun?
Telescope
Who described government as a social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
Why did Napoleon lose the Battle of Austerlitz?
The cold and harsh weather.
Who was my first kiss?
No one