Idea presented by Copernicus and proven by others that the sun--not the earth--is the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric
100
This philosopher did not trust people to govern themselves. Instead he thought that because people were selfish and brutish in nature, they needed an absolute monarch to control them.
What is Thomas Hobbes
100
A series of books containing ideas from the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment edited by Denis Diderot
What is the Encyclopedia
100
Another name for the 18th century Enlightenment when people thought science and reason could explain human nature.
What is the Age of Reason
100
Machine used to execute King Louis XVI of France and many more during the French Revolution.
What is guillotine
200
Man who developed the telescope to use in his scientific study of the universe and whose ideas threatened the Catholic Church
What is Galileo Galilei
200
Wrote about justice and the law. He did not approve of cruel and unusual punishment.
What is Cesare Beccaria
200
The elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy in France where Enlightenment thinkers gathered to discuss the ideas of the philosophes.
What is a salon
200
These ideas about liberty and equality inspired many political revolutions and changed attitudes.
What is Enlightenment
200
The storming of this prison in Paris on July 14, 1789 is celebrated as a national holiday in France.
What is Bastille
300
Old theory of planetary motion that places the earth at the center of the universe with the sun, moon, and stars revolving around it
What is geocentric
300
Believed that if a government did not protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property, citizens could replace their government
What is John Locke
300
Author who supported freedom of speech and religion and enlightened despotism
What is Voltaire
300
Religious leader influenced by the the Enlightenment who founded Methodism and opposed slavery.
What is John Wesley
300
Caused by unfair taxes, Enlightenment ideas, famine, the extravagance of the king, expensive wars with Great Britain, and the American Revolution.
What is the French Revolution
400
Systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence when studying the natural world that Francis Bacon helped to develop
What is the scientific method
400
American who included many Enlightenment ideas in the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
400
Believed that government should be separated into three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial, to provide checks and balances.
What is Montesquieu
400
Father of modern economics and capitalism who wrote about an "invisible hand" that regulates the economy
What is Adam Smith
400
French document inspired by the English Bill of Rights, the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
500
Scientist whose universal law of gravitation explains planetary motion and gravity.
What is Isaac Newton
500
Enlightenment thinker who wanted equality for women
What is Mary Wollstonecraft
500
Enlightenment thinker whose concept of a social contract says that a democracy would express the general will of the people
What is Rousseau
500
Economic idea that replaced mercantilism. It says that the government should support competition and not restrict trade.
What is laissez-faire
500
Leader who ended the French Revolution with a military take over of the government in 1799