Vocabulary
People
The Spread of Ideas
The American Revolution
The American Revolution II
100
This term is French for someone who desired reform in society during the Enlightenment.
What is a philosophe?
100
"A Vindication On The Rights of Woman" was created by this early advocate for women's rights?
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
100
Rulers throughout France, unhappy with the spread of Enlightenment ideas, began restricting material by burning books, as well as imprisoning and forcing writers into exile. What is this process called?
What is censorship?
100
This act, imposed by the British and repealed in 1765, placed a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and other reading materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
100
This act, imposed by the British, placed new taxes on imported goods.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
These are the rights to which all humans receive from birth; they include life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights?
200
This economic system, developed during the Enlightenment era, replaces the system of mercantilism with a system in which businesses can operate without government interference.
What is laissez faire?
200
The creation of this series of books was essential to the early spread of Enlightenment ideas throughout Europe. Who created this series?
What is the Encyclopedia. Who is Denis Diderot?
200
This act, imposed by the British, established restrictions on trade between the colonies and Britain.
What is the Navigation Act?
200
This event, which occurred after the Declaratory Act was signed by the British, saw 5 colonists killed after British soldiers opened fire on them for being pelted with rocks and snowballs.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and officially recognized the United States of America as its own country.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This Enlightenment figure developed The Social Contract, in which he believed that the government had too much control over human behavior and proposed in idea of limited government.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
300
Mozart, Handel, and Haydn were three of the greatest composers of this musical style, developed during the Enlightenment era.
What is the classical style?
300
This decorated military general led the efforts in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
300
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because:
The French joined the colonists in their effort to defeat the British
400
This form of government splits power between two levels of government, the federal (national) level, and the local (state) level.
What is a federal republic (system)?
400
This Enlightenment figure developed a system in which government power was separated into three different branches, as well as a system of checks and balances.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
400
In an effort to get spread their ideas after European rulers began censoring their work, how did writers disguise their work?
By creating works of fiction
400
The ideas of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" were placed in the Declaration of Independence, becoming one of the major Enlightenment ideals that shaped the foundations of the United States of America. Who developed the concept of these rights?
Who is John Locke?
400
The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States are referred to as:
What are the Bill of Rights?
500
This art style moves free from religious subjects, and focuses on capturing the imagination by using bright, pastel colors and different shapes, such as seashells, to create a unique style of art that was new to the Enlightenment era.
What is rococo style?
500
What is the primary difference between the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes?
-Hobbes believed in a system of absolute rule, in which the government has total control over the people. -Locke believed in peoples' natural rights, including life, liberty, and property, and believed that government power should be limited.
500
Three of the greatest Enlightened rulers took inspiration from this Enlightenment figure, as a way to reform the governments of their respected countries. Describe this figure's ideas.
Who is Voltaire? Ideas include: Freedom of speech, religious equality
500
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by punishing the colonists in what way?
Imposing new taxes to pay for the tea lost in the Boston Harbor
500
What Enlightenment thinkers did the Framers of the Constitution use as inspiration when drafting the Constitution of the United States?
Who are John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
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