The Reformation
The Reformation arguably began with a dispute over this Catholic purgatorial practice
Absolute monarchs’ power grew as the power of this group declined
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is published – and the United States of America is born
What is 1776?
The Enlightenment was premised on man’s use of this
What is reason?
This seminal early moment of the French Revolution signaled that the Third Estate wasn't going to double-fault
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
The Catholic Church attempted to respond to the Reformation with this 1545-63 gathering
What is the Council of Trent?
This French monarch epitomized absolutism and had the longest recorded rule of any European king
Who is Louis XIV?
The A.P. European History exam’s earliest possible date
What is 1450?
This gathering, popular in Enlightenment France, allowed leading thinkers to discuss and debate ideas--and included women
What is the salon?
This movement aimed to privatize what had been commonly-held land in rural England, marking the start of commercial agriculture
What is the enclosure movement?
Sometimes called “the Pope’s Marines,” this religious order dating from the Reformation still exercises considerable power
Who are the Jesuits?
Absolute monarchs often based their authority on this appeal to heaven
Martin Luther publishes his Ninety-Five Theses
What is 1517?
This English thinker of the 1600s heavily influenced later Enlightenment thought
Who is John Locke?
This economic philosophy, popular during the age of exploration, argued for state regulation of trade
What is mercantilism?
The Act of Supremacy in England made this king the head of the “Church of England”
This eighteenth-century Austrian ruler tried to fuse Enlightenment ideas with his absolute rule
Who is Joseph II?
The outbreak of the French Revolution
What is 1789?
Some Enlightenment thinkers embraced this form of religious belief, skeptical of a God active in daily affairs
What is deism?
Martin Luther didn't much care for these "murdering, thieving hordes"
Who are the German Peasants?
In Martin Luther’s theology, Paul’s epistle to these people looms large in influence
Who are the Romans?
These two absolute monarchs had at least one thing in common – they had their heads chopped off
Who are Charles I of England and Louis XVI of France?
The Peace of Westphalia ends the era of religious wars
What is 1648?
One of the earliest feminists, she also gave birth to a daughter, who gave birth to a fictional scientist, who gave birth to a monster
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
These two thinkers share the distinction of articulating theories of the scientific method during the seventeenth century