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This model of the universe places the earth at its center
Geocentric
He argued that the most powerful motivator humans had to form governments was the fear of violent death
Thomas Hobbes
First leader in the Haitian war for independence
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Examples of these include life, liberty, and property
Natural Rights
His observations of Jupiter's moons definitively proved that the Earth was not at the center of the universe
Galileo Galilei
He led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Often called the "Muscle" of the Latin American Revolutions
Jose de San Martin
Gravitation, Laws of Motion, splitting light with prisms, you know who this guy was
The king and queen who eventually met their ends at the guillotine
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
According to him, people have the right to overthrow governments that don't respect their rights
John Locke
This priest's book first suggested the idea of a heliocentric universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was a general, then a consul, then an emperor, and he wasn't actually short
Napoleon Bonaparte
He argued that governments must reflect the "general will" of the people in order to be legitimate
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People give up some of their freedoms to a government in exchange for protection, order, and other benefits
Social Contract
This social class tended to be most in favor of independence movements in Latin America
Criollos/Creoles
This short-lived republic split into several South American countries not long after its founder's death
Gran Colombia
Popular in the Age of Enlightenment, this ideology accepts the existence of a supreme being/God, but does not believe that being intervenes in peoples' lives or does miracles
Deism
These dictatorial leaders took power in the aftermath of the Latin American Revolutions as democratic governments collapsed
Caudillos
This legal system, which walked back some of the French Revolution's most radical ideas, forms the basis for many countries' laws today
Napoleonic Code/Code Napoleon
He is credited for developing the scientific method
Francis Bacon
The Latin phrase that translates to "blank slate"
Tabula Rasa
He declared Brazilian independence and later became its first Emperor
Dom Pedro I
This astronomer first hypothesized that planetary orbits were elliptical rather than circular
The idea that all government power ultimately derives from the people
A totally baseless rumor about aristocrats hoarding grain resulted in this two-week period of general panic, with mobs of peasants breaking into houses and barns
The Great Fear