The French Revolution
The leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
George Washington
Who was the leader of the United States Army and the first President of the USA?
The proponent of the natural right to life, liberty, and property
Who was John Locke?
The idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe and the planets, including Earth, move around it.
What is the heliocentric model of the universe?
The person who proposed that the planets move in elliptical, rather than circular, paths
Who was Johannes Kepler?
On July 14 1789.
When was the Storm on the Bastille?
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness….”
What is the beginning of the Declaration of Independence?
The proponent of the separation of powers
Who was Montesquieu?
The first proponent of the heliocentric model after antiquity
Who was Nikolas Copernicus?
The person who brought the French Revolution to its end and conquered most of Europe
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
The clergy and the nobility
Which were the privileged estates during the Old Regime?
The author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The Editor of the Encyclopedia
Who was Denis Diderot?
The discoverer of the three laws of motion and the theory of universal gravity
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
The Tennis Court Oath
What was the promise of the third estate not to leave before a new constitution would be in place?
The main slogan of the colonists protesting against the government in London
What is 'No Taxation without Representation'?
Fredrick the Great, Joseph II and Catherine the Great
Who were the Enlightened Monarchs?
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's first law of motion?
The first 10 amendments to the American Constitutions that guarantee basic civil rights and freedoms, such as freedom of expression, of religion, protection from unusual and cruel punishment and others
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
What was one of the main reforms of the National Assembly that served as a program for the Revolution?
March 4, 1789
When is the Constitution of the USA put in place?
Literary salons, books, Enlightened monarchs, the Republic of Letters
How did Enlightenment ideas spread?
The discoverer of the moons of Jupiter, the sunspots, and the mountains and craters on the moon
Who was Galileo Galilei?
Napoleon regarded this piece of legislation as his biggest achievement
What is the Code Civile des Francais, or the Code Napoleon.