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Absolutism
Enlightenment
Scientific Rev.
American Rev.
French Rev.
100
To be chosen by God to lead a kingdom.
What is divine right?
100
This was the term for intellectuals of the Enlightenment.
What is philosophe?
100
This was the concept of an earth-centered universe.
What is geocentric theory?
100
This war was one of the precursor's to the American Revolution.
What is French-Indian War (or Seven Years' War)?
100
This is the oath the third estate took promising to meet until they created a new constitution.
What is Tennis Court Oath?
200
The concept of a king or queen ruling the society and the religion of a country.
What is absolute monarchy?
200
John Locke believed in people deserved life, liberty, and property - also known as this term.
What is natural rights?
200
This person heavily supported the heliocentric theory, but was eventually placed under house arrest.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
200
This event killed innocent civilians due to a snowball fight gone wrong.
What is Boston Massacre?
200
This is the leader after the death of Louis XVI that erased religion and introduced the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
300
This group of people wanted freedom of religion in France. Henry IV was originally this before he converted.
Who are Huguenots?
300
This philosophe believed in this style of economics.
What is lassiez-faire?
300
This man was quiet about his beliefs in the sun-centered universe theory.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
This act did not allow colonists to live past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Proclamation Line of 1763?
300
This was France's version of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
400
This document recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France, while still giving Huguenots the right to worship and take political powers.
What is Edit of Nantes?
400
This philosophe believed in the freedom of religion, often times using satire to attack the church.
Who is Voltaire?
400
This is the term for a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.
What is scientfic method?
400
This officially ended the war in 1783.
What is Treaty of Paris?
400
This was the form of execution most popular during the revolution.
What is guillotine?
500
This king racked up a huge debt trying to overtake the Spanish Netherlands and building one of the most elaborate palaces in the world.
Who is King Louis XIV?
500
This philosphe believed in a women's rights - especially in education.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
500
These historic events led to the creation of the Scientific Revolution.
What is the Renaissance and Age of Exploration?
500
These places are where the Seven Years' War took place? (i.e. regions)
What is US, Caribbean, Europe, and Southeast Asia?
500
This meeting was called for the first time in over 150 years.
What is Estates-General?