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
I believe that too much power in the hands of one person is never a good thing. Power corrupts so instead we should use three branches of government that work at keeping the others in check
What is Montesquieu?
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
This was the type of government the Enlightenment thinkers lived under.
Absolute Monarchs (Absolutism)
300
Name three things that happened because of the Enlightenment
American and French Revolution
End of Feudal system
People started to challenge authority
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
The design process used at eSTEM comes from which idea of the Scientific Revolution
What is the scientific method
400
I lived in exile because I could not keep my mouth shut (like Mr. Ridgway). Freedoms of speech, expression, thought and religion were my largest ideas and contributions to the Enlightenment
Who is Voltaire
400
While the Scientific Revolution focused on change science and religion, what was the Enlightenment's desired change for society?
What is the way governments worked/ran
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
These ideas started to be the source of new knowledge and information
Observation and Experimentation
500
Enlightened Despot that tried to implement reforms, realized it was unpopular with the wealthy, tried to stop the reforms and ended up massacring the peasants and workers
Who is Catherine the Great?
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