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The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
American Revolution and 7 Years War
French Revolution
100
Name one of the major accomplishments of the Scientific Revolution.
What is Copernican Universe, Law of Gravity, discovery of the circulation of blood, Boyle's Law, Scientific Method, etc.
100
This philosopher believes in a Social Contract between citizens and their government.
Who is Rousseau?
100
The Seven Years War was fought on these three continents.
What is Asia, North America, Europe?
100
The Three Estates.
What is peasants, clergy, nobles?
200
This man discovered the heliocentric conception of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
200
This philosopher believed in the separation of church and state.
Who is Voltaire?
200
This foreign power greatly helped in the funding of the American Revolution.
Who is France?
200
The ultimate fate of the King of France.
What is he had his head chopped off?
300
This man discovered the universal law of gravitation.
Who is Newton?
300
This philosopher believed that government power should be evenly distributed among three equal and independent branches of government.
Who is Montesquieu?
300
The 7 Year War was mostly a war between these two countries.
What is France and Great Britain?
300
This was the period of time in which between 20,000 and 40,000 people were executed in the streets of France.
What is the Reign of Terror?
400
This is a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.
What is the scientific method?
400
This philosopher believed the government had a responsibility to protect your basic rights of Life, Liberty, and Property.
Who is Locke?
400
The three most important documents in U.S. history that are largely based on the philosophers of the Enlightenment.
What is the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights?
400
Charter of basic liberties began with a ringing affirmation of "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression."
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
500
This philosopher is considered to be the father of modern Rationalism. Meaning to use reason to make judgement and decisions instead of faith.
Who is Rene Descartes?
500
This philosopher believed in providing more rights to people accused of crimes and wanted to treat criminals more humanely.
Who is Beccaria?
500
The difference between the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War/War for Independence.
What is War was the actual fighting...the Revolution was the dramatic change in ideas and government?
500
Name/describe two of the greatest achievements of Napoleon.
What is Napoleonic code, bureaucracy based on merit, spread of revolutionary ideas to Europe, relations with the church, etc.?