Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Political Revolutions A
Political Revolutions B
Enlightenment Thinkers
100
Isaac Newton gave us the concept of _________________.
Gravity
100
The idea that the government's power should be split among different branches so that no one person or group gets too powerful is known as what?
Separation of Powers
100
Name two causes of the American Revolution.
Taxation w/o representation, French & Indian War, Salutary Neglect, the Enlightenment, etc.
100
France was out of control following the Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Which leader stepped up to make France great again by turning it into an empire?
Napoleon
100

 English philosopher and political theorist who is considered a founder of modern political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan is his most famous work and presents his influential social contract theory.

Who is Thomas Hobbes

200
How did the Church feel about the Scientific Revolution? Why? What starts to happen to the Church's influence?
They didn't like it because it proved them wrong; the Church's power started to decline.
200


What was Mary Wollstonecraft known for?

What is Women's rights.

200

What is the name of the document that the French people wrote in order to demand equality and freedom? It was inspired by what document?

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen; inspired by the Declaration of Independence.

200
Provide three ways that the American Revolution and the French Revolution are similar. Provide one way that they were different.
Similar: Enlightenment ideas, issues with monarchy, republican governments, led to wars, social contract, etc. Different: French was more violent and unsuccessful; the American was over colonial issues.
200

This enlightenment thinker was also a United States President, who is known as the father of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

300
What is the difference between clerical and secular? Which of these terms can be used to describe the Scientific Revolution?
Clerical: Religious (church) Secular; Not religious (science) The Scientific Revolution was secular.
300

Who was the most important Enlightenment thinker (gave us the ideas of life, liberty, and property)? What is the social contract?

John Locke

300

What are 3 French Estates

1st: Church 2nd: Nobility 3rd: Everyone Else

300
Which country in the Caribbean led a successful slave rebellion against the French (using enlightenment and revolutionary ideas)?
Haiti
300

His Two Treatises on Government argues for government based on the consent of the governed and the right to revolt against tyrannous government which has lost consent

Who is John Locke

400
Describe three of the stages of Bacon's scientific method.
Ask a question/Identify a problem Make a hypothesis Experiment Observe Analyze data Determine if the hypothesis was correct
400
What does the Enlightenment lead to? (Hint: American, French, Haitian, Latin American).
Revolutions
400
What are the two reasons that France was in an economic crisis?
Excessive spending on palaces an on the military by Louis XIV.
400
How did the Louisiana Purchase benefit France? How did it benefit the USA?
France=More $$$ USA=Doubled its size
400

He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.

Who is Montesquieu

500
During the Scientific Revolution people began viewing the galaxy in a ___________________ way as opposed to geocentric.
Heliocentric
500

This social class means Middle Class

What is bourgeoisie.


500
Name two effects of the American Revolution.
USA, Other revolutions start, etc.
500
What was the name of Napoleon's legal system that created jobs based on merit, promoted education, provided religious rights, etc.
Napoleonic Codes
500

He was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state

Voltaire

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