Scientific Revolution
Absolute Monarchs and English Civil War
Enlightenment
Enlightenment Arts
French Revolution
100
Who discovered the laws of gravity and motion? He also invented calculus.
Isaac Newton
100
What English monarch was restored to the throne during the Restoration?
Charles II
100
What enlightenment thinker wrote Two Treatises on Government and believed in natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
100
What Austrian composer was known for his classical music for piano, violin, and concerts?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
100
What event marks the beginning of the French Revolution?
Storming of the Bastille
200
Who supported the Heliocentric Theory by using a telescope?
Galileo
200
What English monarch lost the English Civil War and was executed?
Charles I
200
What Enlightenment thinker wrote Leviathan and supported absolute monarchy, believing the state should have absolute power?
Thomas Hobbes
200
What German composer is known for his Baroque compositions for organ and religious services?
JS Bach
200
Who rose to power in France as a result of the French Revolution?
Napoleon
300
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
William Harvey
300
Who led Parliament to victory in the English Civil War and after the war ruled England as a dictator?
Oliver Cromwell
300
What Enlightenment thinker wrote The Social Contract which stated government is a contract between rulers and the people?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
300
What French painter is known for his paintings of the Romantic Era, specifically Liberty Leading the People?
Eugene Delacroix
300
What king's absolute monarchy was ended as a result of the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
400
Who came up with the Heliocentric Theory?
Copernicus
400
What event led to William and Mary coming to the throne of England and the signing of the English Bill of Rights which increased Parliament's power?
Glorious Revolution
400
What Enlightenment thinker wrote Spirit of Laws and believed the best form of government includes a separation of powers?
Montesquieu
400
What Spanish novelist wrote the satirical novel Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes
400
What period of the French Revolution was led by Robespierre and is considered radical because it's a period of mass executions by guillotine?
Reign of Terror
500
Who discovered the concept of planetary motion: the idea planets move in elliptical orbits?
Kepler
500
What group gained power at the cost of the monarchy's power as a result of the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution?
Parliament
500
What three founding documents of the United States were influenced by Enlightenment ideas?
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
500
List three technological improvements made during the Age of Reason.
improvements in ship design
new farm tools
all-weather roads
500
What revolution served as an inspiration to the French Revolution?
American Revolution