People
He was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the second President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
This land of lochs and bagpipes was home to the _____ish Enlightenment.
Scotland
In the past, people had to write with fancy feathers called _______
quills
The philosopher Descartes said this famous line about existence in his Meditations: cogito ergo sum.
What does this mean in English?
(Hint: in Spanish the translation is "pienso, luego existo")
I think therefore I am.
He didn't have any teeth made of wood, but he did get his teeth from cows, horses, and even slaves.
George Washington
She was the queen of France... before her head was chopped off in the French Revolution.
Marie Antoinette
Galileo got in trouble with the Pope for saying that _____ rotates around the _____ and not the other way around.
The Earth rotates around the Sun.
Kepler and Copernicus were big fans of this scientific instrument.
The telescope
Benjamin Franklin's son, William Franklin, was a steadfast Loyalist during the American Revolution. What does that mean?
When this device was made, it was actually supposed to be a humane way of, well, executing people.
Among his many achievements, this English man discovered the laws of gravity.
Isaac Newton
This palace starting with a V was the famous home of French royalty before the Revolution.
Versailles
Charles Babbage wanted to make a steam-powered version of this thing but he never got a chance to. (Hint: I used this thing to write this question.)
Computer
If we as a society make an agreement to treat each other a certain way, we have just made a ______ contract?
social contract
The first submarine used for warfare was invented in 1775. It was called "The Turtle" and was lit by glowing mushrooms. What war was it made for?
The American Revolution/War of Independence
She was an early feminist who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Her daughter also wrote Frankenstein.
Mary Wollstonecraft
When Enlightenment figures got together in fancy salons to talk about science and philosophy they often drank this non-alcoholic stimulant.
Coffee
The hoops used to make wide skirts that were popular during the Enlightenment were sometimes made out of this:
A) snakeskin B) millipedes
C) deer horns D) whale bones
D) whale bones
The Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu thought government should have 3 ______, like a tree?
branches
+100 bonus points for every one you can name
During the French Revolution, they tried to create a metric system to describe lengths of this.
In this system, there were 100 seconds in a minute, 100 minutes in an hour, 10 hours in a day, and 10 days in a week
He was a Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations.
Adam Smith
Too many alleged witches were put to death during these trials in _________, __________ Bay colony.
Salem, Massachusetts Bay colony
An orrery is a special spinning mechanical model of what?
Hint: a good one is heliocentric
What are these the steps of?
The scientific method
The Haitian Revolution that began in 1791 is known as one of the most successful ______ revolts in history.
slave revolts