"There should be three branches of government" would be a thought of which enlightenment thinker?
Montesquieu
100
"Women should have equal rights" would be a thought of which Enlightenment thinker?
Mary Wollstonecraft
100
What was the nickname for the guillotine?
"National Razor"
100
France was bankrupt before the French Revolution due to their involvement in the:
American Revolution
100
Napoleon's final defeat occurred at:
Waterloo
200
"Men have natural rights that the government should protect.. and when they don't do this, they have a right to rebel" would be a thought of which Enlightenment thinker?
John Locke
200
People are naturally evil was voiced by which thinker?
Thomas Hobbes
200
This leader of the French Revolution was found with a bullet in his jaw after a botched suicide attempt.
Robespierre
200
Name two ways that the Jacobins tried to dismantle the power of the Catholic Church.
1. removal of saints names from street signs
2. destruction of church property
3. changing the calendar and having a ten day week
4. creation of new religion (Supreme Being)
200
Name a group of people that were not guaranteed equal rights under the Napoleonic Code.
Women
300
The most important change made in science during the Scientific Revolution was the practice of forming conclusions based on:
recorded observations and rational inquiry (reason, logic, scientific observations, etc.)
300
The idea of "General Will" of the people where legislators have the general interest of the people in mind is an idea from which Enlightenment thinker?
Rousseau
300
What was Robespierre's error that led to his downfall?
Said he had a list of traitors, plan backfired
300
What was the policy of eliminating the power of the Catholic Church called?
dechristianization
300
France became a _____________ under Napoleon, which means people earned more for being more intelligent/successful.
Meritocracy
400
The reason we can call the Scientific Revolution a revolution is that
(A) It was a change in how we understand the world replacing faith with science and rational observation
(B) It was something that everyone alive during the time felt and recognized
(C) It was supported by the both the Catholic and Protestant Churches
(D) ALL of the above
A. Not B or C.
400
Another term for the Enlightenment is:
The Age of Reason
400
The poor working class people of Paris became known as the
Sans Culottes
400
People of Paris decided to storm the Bastille because they needed
gunpowder
400
What was the most important reason for Napoleon's failure to conquer Russia
Russia's climate and size
500
Which of the following was NOT an advance of the Scientific Revolution:
a. the heliocentric theory of Copernicus
or
b. the geocentric theory of Ptolemy
B geocentric means Earth at the center. This is not an advance of the Scientific Revolution
500
The Declaration of the Rights of Man (everyone equal under the law) in the FR was inspired by which Enlightenment thinker?
Voltaire (social equality, freedom of speech)
500
During the Terror, all rights were suspended and France was controlled by a twelve person council called the:
Committee of Public Safety
500
The March on Versailles was made up largely of:
poor women (fish markets, etc.)
500
Napoleon was famous for using this tactic to make sure they could vote but not suggest changes.