The Scientific Revolution
Who created the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What type of government did Rousseau want?
direct democracy
A meeting of all three estates to discuss new taxes
estates-general
A leader with a military background who fought in the revolution and spread revolutionary ideas through Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who made up the 3rd estate?
the peasants and middle class
What instrument did Galileo use to find evidence supporting Copernicus’s theory?
telescope
What two things did Voltaire advocate for freedom of?
freedom of speech and religion
a pledge made by the National Assembly to not disband until they had written a new constitution
Tennis Court Oath
A meeting where the main goal was to restore a balance of power after the Napoleonic Wars
Congress of Vienna
What is the Bastille and what does it have to do with the Revolution?
a prison stormed at the beginning of the French Revolution- became a symbol of the Revolution
What laws did Issac Newton create?
laws of gravity/laws of motion
Who wanted a separation of powers in government?
Charles de Montesquieu
a document written during the revolution inspired by enlightenment ideas and the American Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
U.S. policy opposing European colonization in the Americas
Monroe Doctrine
Who promoted the idea of the social contract?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who discovered the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
John locke believed people had the natural right to
life, liberty, property
Who led the reign of terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
A blockade made by Napoleon against Britain to make the continent of Europe more self-sufficient
The continental system
Who created the idea of "natural rights"?
John Locke
Who said "I think, therefore I am"?
René Descartes:
What did Hobbes think was the purpose of government?
to keep order
What was the time of lots of political executions called?
The Reign of Terror