Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
French Rev/Napoleon
Latin American Rev
Vocab
100
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, peoples' knowledge of the universe was taught to them by

The Church

100

John Locke is most well known for being a champion of "life, liberty, and property" or as he called them ____________ ______

Natural Rights

100

This Estate paid 98% of the taxes prior to the French Revolution 

Third Estate

100

The French colony of Saint Dominque lead the only successful slave revolt in human history and went on to call the new country this

Haiti

100

Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle, instead it is _____________ 

Elliptical 

200

Heliocentric Theory replaced what prior longstanding belief that the planets revolved around the Earth (need the name of the old theory)

Geocentric Theory 

200

According to Machiavelli, the ends DO or DO NOT justify the means

Do

200

At least this many people were systemically murdered by the French Government during the Reign of Terror 

17,000

200

Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint L'Ouverture was born into slavery but was still able to learn this skill

Reading/literacy 

200

The 'revival' of classical art and literature from the 14th through 16th centuries was known as the

Renaissance 

300

This Scientist is world famous for his discoveries in the fields of physics and mathematics. His discoveries include gravity and creating calculus. There are Three Sets of Laws describing motion in the universe named after him. Also discovered Calculus 

Isaac Newton 

300

In this book, Jean-Jacques Rousseau laid out the idea that because the government gets its power from the people, its job is to protect the peoples natural rights 

Social Contract 

300

The goal of this French Revolution Organization was to "protect France from its political enemies" 

Committee of Public Safety

300

Latin Americans felt a great sense of _______ or pride for their home nations due simply to the fact that they did not consider themselves Spanish or French

Nationalism 


300

This is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically

colonialism

400

Polish scientist Nicolaus _____________ was persecuted for proposing heliocentric theory

Copernicus

400

Immanuel Kant is famous for deriving a set of codes the one must follow in order to be a truly 'good' person. He called this code the _____________ ____________

Categorical Imperative 

400

These were a set of laws (or codes) written by Napoleon that the French People needed to abide by 

Napoleonic code

400

Royal officials who ruled over the colonies of the European empires were called this

Viceroys

400

Prior to/during the Latin American Revolutions, any person who was born on the Iberian Peninsula (in Spain or Portugal) was considered this class and experienced the most privilege in society 

Peninsulares

500

Developed by Francis Bacon, this is a step by step process on how to conduct scientific experiments

Scientific Method

500

The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced multiple revolutions around the world and are enshrined in these two nation-founding documents following their revolutions (must include the names of both documents to be correct -- no half points)

Declaration of Independence (US)
Declaration of Rights of Man (France)

500
This class of people belonged to the Third Estate, but unlike the peasants, this group was fairly wealthy and went on to become the leaders of the French Revolution

Bourgeoise 

500

This social class went on to become the leaders/generals during the Latin American Revolutions 

Creoles 

500

This is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. It promotes imperialism, colonialism, tarriffs and subsidies on traded goods to achieve the goal. In simple terms, it means a colonized country can only trade with their 'mother country'

Mercantilism

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