This person overthrew her husband and issued "The Instruction" to dictate her plans to Westernize Russia.
Catherine II (The Great)
100
Travel literature used this term to describe native peoples in the New World that were uncorrupted by civilization and thus embodied natural law.
The Noble Savage
100
This author of Robinson Crusoe focused his novels on adventure.
Daniel Defoe
100
What is the name of the religion in which God exists, but is not involved in people's daily lives?
Deism
100
This author of The Wealth of Nations believed that acting in selfish interest was OK, and said the nation's economy was moved by an "invisible hand".
Adam Smith
200
The first Prime Minister of England.
Robert Walpole
200
This person believed that small nations could have democracy, large nations should have absolutism, and medium sized nations should be a combination of the two.
Montesquieu
200
This author wrote the novel Pamela, a strange love story.
Samuel Richardson
200
This is the religion started by John Wesley.
Methodism
200
The system of naming organisms by their Genus and species was developed by this person.
Carl Linnaeus
300
When Frederick II defeated Maria Theresa, he gained this territory from Austria.
Silesia
300
This person believed in educating people in nature and through experiments, which was expressed in his book, Emile.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
300
This magazine promoted philosophical ideas in an entertaining way.
Addison and Steele's Spectator
300
Also known as "the pious ones", these conservatives attempted to shatter their individual ego to gain favor with Yahweh.
Hasidic Jews/ Hasidism
300
This war solidified Prussia's position as a super power on the European continent.
Seven Years' War
400
This family took over the English throne after Queen Anne died with no heir.
Hanoverians
400
This is an agreement between the individual and society that balances what is good for both, requiring that individuals surrender some free will for the good of society.
Social Contract
400
This court painter survived Louis XVI, the French Revolution, and Napoleon used geometry, balance, and symmetry in his works.
Jacques-Louis David
400
This atheist believed that the world created God and was a proponent of materialism.
D'Holbach
400
This substance was once believed to cause combustion.
Phlogiston
500
These riots started in England after the Prime Minister tried to give Catholics the right to vote.
Gordon Riots
500
This phrase was penned by Immanuel Kant to define the Enlightenment.
Sapere Aude (Dare to Know)
500
The author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire who blamed Christianity for their destruction.
Edward Gibbon
500
This ethnic group was expelled from Spain in the 15th century, but continued to participate in the banking industry in central Europe.
Sephardic Jews (p 525)
500
This absolutist ruler didn't follow enlightenment ideas, and drove his nation so far in debt that it sparked a revolution.