Kingdoms and Countries
Monarchs
Big Ideas
Enlightenment
Influence of the Enlightenment
100

This Kingdom controls colonies in North America, Asia and Africa.

What is England?

100

This King is beheaded by Oliver Cromwell after losing a civil war in 1649.

Who is Charles the 1st?

100

This type of governance limits the power of monarchs with a legal binding document.

Constitutional Monarchy

100

This was applied to the study of the natural world as well as the human world.

What is Reason?

100

This American figure head wrote the Declaration of Independence, drawing heavily on enlightenment ideals.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

This Kingdom Rapidly modernized under Catherine the Great.

What is Russia?

200

This monarch famously said "L'etat c'est moi" and is the blueprint for absolutism.

Who is Louis the XIV?

200

This document laid the groundwork for Parliament and constitutional monarchy in 1215

What is the Magna Carta?
200

Thomas Hobbes wrote this book which states that humans live in a "state of nature" and consent to be governed.

What is Leviathan?

200

The Constitution of this country contains the Bill of Rights, which is considered a crowning achievement of Enlightenment thought.

What is The United States of America?

300

This Kingdom established Colonial control over Central and South America.

What is Spain?

300

She Modernized Russia

Who is Catherine the Great?

300

The churches justification for a king's right to rule is known as _________ ________.

What is Divine Right?

300

Montesquieu wrote "The Spirit Laws" which says that the best form of government is one that includes a ___________ of ______________.

What is a Separation of Powers?

300

Paintings during the Enlightenment began to depict these.

What are Public Events and social movements?

400

____________ fought against England for control over Canada and New England.

Who is France?

400

This Family famously ruled over most of the HRE.

Who are the Hapsburgs?

400

A king controlling every aspect of his kingdom is an _____________ monarch

What is Absolute?

400

This person wrote that People are sovereign and have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

Who is John Locke?

400

These two authors were famous enlightenment writers and published "Don Quixote" and "Romeo and Juliet"

Who are Cervantes and Shakespeare?

500

A "kingdom" in central Europe made up of a patchwork of Duchy's, principalities and townships.

What is The Holy Roman Empire?

500

These two are the only Co-monarchs in history with equal power and authority during the Glorious Revolution in England.

Who are William and Mary?

500

A Kings authority is derived from god and backed by this person who leads the Central church authorities in Europe.

Who is the Pope?

500

This person wrote "The Social Contract".

Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

500

These two Famous Composers are considered master composers of the Enlightenment era.

Who are Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?