Idea presented by Copernicus and proven by others that the sun--not the earth--is the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric
100
In the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith did not give the government power to control this.
What is religion (the church)
100
offspring of Europeans and Native Americans
Who are mestizos?
100
Sharing of power between national and state governments that became common due to Enlightenment thinking
What is the Federal System
100
Machine used to execute King Louis XVI of France and many more during the French Revolution.
What is guillotine
200
Man who used the telescope in his scientific study of the universe and discovered that planets were made of material substance.
What is Galileo Galilei
200
Rousseau argued that society should be governed by this principle.
What is a social contract?
200
Resulted in the British acquisition of Canada and Florida and the Spanish acquisition of Louisiana.
What is the Seven Years War?
200
Monarchical rule by Enlightenment principles
What is Enlightened Absolutism
200
The storming of this prison in Paris on July 14, 1789 is celebrated as a national holiday in France.
What is Bastille
300
Ptolomy's 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
The interests of physiocrats and Adam Smith. The belief that society would benefit from people pursuing their own economic self-interests.
What are Natural Economic Laws?
300
Author who supported freedom of speech and religion and enlightened despotism
What is Voltaire
300
New, graceful enthusiastic artistic style of the 1730's
What is rococo
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. Crucial to the evolution of science.
What is the scientific method
400
First American constitution that preceded the Declaration of Independence
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
Mulattoes
What are the offspring of Africans and Europeans?
400
System of political limits and controls (checks and balances)
What is separation of powers
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 whose Encyclopedia was used to attack religious superstition
Who is Diderot?
500
one of the main focuses of monarchs of the 18th century (enlightened despotism)
What is growing armies and expanding territories?
500
Economic idea that replaced mercantilism. It says that the government should support competition and not restrict trade. Means "let people do what the want"
What is laissez-faire
500
Leader who ended the French Revolution with a military take over of the government in 1799