Scientific Revolution
Born on Christmas day and considered among the top three most influential people in history, this man is credited with inventing calculus, among other accomplishments.
Who is Isaac Newton
These were spaces where Enlightenment ideas developed and spread
What were Salons?
The Second Estate
Who are the nobility?
Napoleon's first wife
Who is Josephine?
“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in”
This potato-loving king of Prussia was the model of an Enlightened despot according to the "father of the Enlightenment"
Who is Frederick the Great?
This Polish Renaissance-man first introduced the idea of heliocentrism in 1543
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions…
Who is John Locke?
This man was beloved by the French people and thought to be a wonder with finances
Who is Jacques Necker?
What British Admiral was the bane of Napoleon's efforts to dominate the seas?
who is Admiral Horatio Nelson?
Empowered by the Pragmatic Sanction, this Enlightened ruler eventually gave birth to 16 children
Who is Maria Theresa?
"I think therefore I am"
Who is Rene Descartes?
"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This man wrote L'Ami du Peuple before eventually getting stabbed to death in his bathtub
Who is Jean-Paul Marat?
This was Napoleon's economic blockade of Britain
What is the Continental System?
This leader of Russia attempted to help the serfs until they tried to kill her
Who is Catherine the Great?
This Dutch draper is considered the Father of Microbiology because of his development of powerful spherical lenses.
Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”
“Virtue can only flourish among equals”
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This non-violent event in June of 1789 can be considered the start of the French Revolution
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This man coronated Napoleon as Emperor of the French
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This Austrian leader sought to abolish class distinctions and provide equality for Jews
Who is Joseph?
This English physician accurately described the cardiovascular system
Who is William Harvey?
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
This man was "bros" with Frederick the Great
Who is Voltaire?
The last revolutionary to be shaved by the national razor during the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
Napoleon was made emperor of this island in the Mediterranean after losing the battle of Leipzig
What is Elba?
What war broke out in 1740 between several enlightened monarchs?
What is the War of Austria Succession