During the ________ __________ research was valued, the universe was described more fully, and some new ideas were opposed by the Church.
Scientific Revolution
100
The idea of a social contract was a development of the ________________.
Enlightenment
100
Who wrote the US Declaration of Independence?
<3 Thomas Jefferson <3
100
What was the largest and least powerful estate in France?
The 3rd Estate
100
Who came to power in France because of his military skill?
Napoleon Bonaparte
200
Newton discovered ___________.
Gravity
200
Who believed that people were born "blank slates" and molded by their experiences?
John Locke
200
Who was the leader of the South American Revolutions?
Simon Bolivar
200
King Louis XVI claimed absolute rule through "______ ________."
divine right
200
_____ ________ is a French phrase meaning the sudden military take over of the government.
Coup d'etat
300
What is the heliocentric theory?
The idea that the earth and other planets go around the sun.
300
Name one enlightened despot of Russia.
Peter the Great; Catherine the Great
300
The rights of people in the US were/are protected by the _______ ________.
US Constitution; Bill of Rights
300
The National Assembly promised to work together for a French Constitution. This promise was called the ________ ________ Oath because of where they met for the promise.
Tennis Court Oath
300
When was Napoleon defeated?
1814 and again in 1815
400
List 2 parts (or steps) of the scientific method.
State a problem, research, state a hypothesis, test the hypothesis (do an experiment), interpret the data.
400
Montesquieu believed government power should be limited through a system of ________ and ________.
checks and balances; (separation of powers)
400
What was one cause of the American Revolution that was similar to a cause of the French Revolution?
Unfair taxes; "taxation without representation"
400
As a result of the ___________ Revolution in England at the end of the 1600s, Parliament became more powerful and the government became a _________ ___________.
Glorious Revolution, constitutional monarchy
400
List two reasons Napoleon lost.
Continental system (bad for trade/economy), resentment of the conquered people, and invasion of Russia (if got cold)
500
Scientists (like Isaac Newton) argued that knowledge should be based on ______________.
observation; experimentation
500
The Enlightenment encouraged the use of reason and logic due to the impact of the __________ Revolution.
Scientific Revolution
500
How was the Haitian Revolution different from the other New World Revolutions?
It was fought by slaves and for the freedom of slaves.
500
List 3 causes of the French Revolution.
social inequality, high taxes (unfair taxes), bad economy, food shortages, a weak monarch, and the spread of Enlightenment ideals
500
Which of these is a result of the French Revolution that started BEFORE Napoleon and continued AFTER Napoleon?
two-party system, abolition of the old social order, loss French land in America, end of Middle Class