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Philosophes
Government & Econonmy
Culture
Revolution
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100
Philosopher who defended the right to freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire?
100
Little or no interference by government toward businesses.
What is laissez-faire?
100
famous composer and child prodigy; created operas and symphonies; died at 35.
Who is Wolfgang A. Mozart?
100
Reason colonists were angry with Great Britain.
What is "taxation without representation"?
100
believed that people were naturally greedy and cruel; favored a strict government lead by a monarch.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
Philosopher who supported the concept of natural rights - to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
200
Written by Adam Smith; argued that free market should regulate business.
What is the Wealth of Nations?
200
Style of art; tended toward more elegant and whimsical scenes of home life.
What is rococo?
200
It was here that the colonists delcared independence from Great Britain and Washington put in charge of Continental Army.
What is 2nd Continental Congress?
200
New form of literature developed during the Enlightenment.
What is fiction?
300
Supported the seperation of powers; checks and balances.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
individuals of a society own production, not the government
What is capitalism?
300
Ornate style of art; glorified historic battles.
What is baroque?
300
Taxed all documents, papers, and cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
300
Power divided between teh federal or national government and state governments.
What is a federal republic?
400
Believed that a woman's first duty was to be a good mother, but felt that women should be able to make decisions for herself; wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman calling for the equal education of boys and girls.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
400
Theory that a nation should sell more goods than it buys...used by Great Britain with the colonies.
What is mercantilism?
400
Informal social gatherings where philosophers exchanged ideas.
What are salons?
400
Used to punish colonists for Tea Party; placed Boston under martial law.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
Enlightened despot in Russia; abolished torture and promoted religious tolerance.
Who si Catherine the Great?
500
Believed in a social contract in which the people follow the "general will" for true liberty.
Who is Jean-Jacque Rousseau?
500
French thinkers who focused on econmic reforms.
Who are physiocrats?
500
Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about political and social change.
Who are Enlightened despots?
500
Included in the Constitution; guaranteed Americans certain rights; first 10 Amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
An agreement by which people give up their freedom for an organized society.
What is a social contract?