Scientific Revolution
The idea that the Earth is the center of the Universe is known as the ____________theory
What is Geocentric Theory?
Separation of Church and Freedom of Speech was promoted by which Enlightenment Thinker?
Who is Voltaire?
Which event led to the British going into massive debt and having to tax the colonists?
What is the French and Indian War or the 7 Year's War?
Which event caused the British to pass the Intolerable Acts which were an unbearable set of laws designed to punish the colonists?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Which event is known as the French Independence Day, and displayed the anger the 3rd Estate had towards King Louis XVI?
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
Who first proposed the Heliocentric (Sun-centered) Theory of the Universe?
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
What are the three branches of government according to Montesquieu?
What are executive, legislative and judicial?
The final battle of the Revolutionary War where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Name at least two people responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston
What was the name of the period of time during the French Revolution where thousands of French people were guillotined for offenses against the state?
What is the Reign of Terror?
Which scientific thinker is responsible for improving the telescope?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This person believed in Tabula Rosa, people are born naturally good and have natural rights to Life, Liberty, and Property.
Who is John Locke?
Great Leadership, Knowing the Land, Patriotism, and Motivation, or experienced and professional troops... which one was NOT an advantage for the Continental Army?
What is Experienced and Professional Troops?
What was the name of the event that led to 5 colonists being dead as a result of colonists protesting the Townshend Acts?
What is the Boston Massacre?
What were the names of the King and Queen of France that were guillotined during the French Revolution?
Who is King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
Which Scientific Thinker was responsible for the law of Gravity and Calculus?
Who is Isaac Newton?
Which Enlightenment Thinker believed in absolute monarchies, people are naturally bad, and a need for law and order?
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Which Enlightenment philosopher influenced the Declaration of Independence through these words " that they are endowed(Given) by their Creator with certain unalienable(Guaranteed) Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Who is John Locke?
What was the name of the colonist that wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense?"
Who is Thomas Paine?
What was the name of the Emperor who ended the French Revolution, instituted a code, and created public schools in France?
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Kepler, Bacon, Brahe, Descartes. Who is responsible for proving that the planetary orbits were elliptical not circles?
Who is Kepler?
The idea that the government will protect your rights and if the government fails to do this, people can overthrow the government.
What is the social contract?
Which battle in the Revolutionary War was known as the "Turning Point" of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
"I challenge all people who are strong supporters for peace with Great Britain to show me ONE good thing our continent can get by staying connected with Great Britain. I will say it again-not ONE advantage exists. Our goods can be sold anywhere in Europe, and our money can buy goods from anywhere we choose." came from which document?
What is Common Sense?
What was the event that ended the French Revolution?
What is Napoleon crowning himself?