American Revolution
What was the main cause of colonial protest against Britain before the American Revolution?
Taxation without Representation
Who made up the Third Estate in France?
Common People (middle class, workers, and peasants)
The name of the 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized reason and challenged traditional authority.
The Enlightenment
Rationalism is based on the idea that truth comes from ________ ________, not Biblical truth.
Human Reason
The name of the final battle in which Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington and forced into exile for good.
Battle of Waterloo
What did Britain do to the colonies after the Boston Tea Party?
Britain punished the colonies with stricter control.
The French considered this event the start of their revolution and the official fall of the Old Regime.
Storming of the Bastille
The Enlightenment belief that said God exists, but He has no direct involvement in human affairs anymore.
Deism
This scientist is best known for improving the telescope and helping to prove the theory of a heliocentric universe.
Galileo Galilei
What was the name of the United States' first governmental system that gave too little power to the federal government?
The Articles of Confederation
What 1789 French document listed the national rights of all people?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Founder of the Methodist Church who helped lead a spiritual revival during the Enlightenment.
John Wesley
The Scientific Revolution produced this widely used theory that is based on the testing of ideas through experimentation and observation.
Scientific Method
Before the rise of Napoleon, this republic temporarily ruled France but failed to provide needed stability.
The Directory
What is the delegation of specific powers to the national government and reservation of others to the states called?
Federalism
This radical Jacobin leader oversaw the Reign of Terror and was eventually beheaded.
Maximilien de Robespierre
DAILY DOUBLE
Baroque, a dramatic style of art popularized during the Enlightenment, comes from the French word which means "irregularly shaped ___________."
pearl
Pantheism
The name of Napoleon's strategy to blockade European trade with Great Britain.
The Continental System
DAILY DOUBLE
The name of the American Revolution's most "radical" thinker, who penned the pamphlet, Common Sense, an early rallying cry for revolution.
Thomas Paine
What did the Tennis Court Oath do at the meeting of the National Assembly?
It promised that members would write a written constitution for France.
The type of reasoning popularized by Francis Bacon, which is based on experimentation to test information before drawing a conclusion.
Inductive Reasoning
Baruch Spinoza
Who was the British admiral that repeatedly defeated Napoleon's naval forces, slowing his advance through Europe?
Lord Horatio Nelson