Enlightened Science
The theory proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus which states that sun is at the center of the solar system
What is the heliocentric theory?
The absolutist monarch who said "I am the state."
Who was Louis XIV?
These royals lost their heads during the Reign of Terror
Who were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
The Stamp Act was famously protested by using this phrase
What is "taxation without representation?"
The first successful slave revolt to create a new country
What was the Haitian Revolution?
His research upset the Catholic Church so much that they put him under house arrest
Who was Galileo Galilei?
An example would be England's form of government by the end of the 17th century
What is a constitutional monarchy?
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Former slave who led the Haitian Revolution
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
He traveled to Europe to learn more about their customs and turn Russia into a world power
The Estate that payed all of the taxes
His ideas influenced the American founding fathers to write the Declaration of Independence
Who was John Locke?
Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
He wrote funny and sarcastic books and pamphlets
Who was Voltaire?
The beautiful building that was designed to represent the power of Louis XIV
What is Versailles?
The Estate that was about to be taxed, so the Estates General had to meet for the first time in over a century
What was the Second Estate?
An important event for France and the United States in which Napoleon got rid of the rest of France's American colonial territory after the Haitian Revolution
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The social and ethnic group that led the fight for Latin American independence
Who were the Creoles?
The German astronomer who created the Laws of Planetary Motion
Who was Johannes Kepler?
The revolution that ended with the signing of the English Bill of Rights
What was the Glorious Revolution?
The policy that allowed the small, Russian army to defeat Napoleon's Grand Army
What was the scorched-earth policy?
The event that changed Britain's relationship with the American Colonies and led to increased tensions due to economic reasons
What was the French and Indian War?
The event that caused Simón Bolívar to start his revolutions in Latin America
What was Napoleon's occupation of Spain?