Renaissance/Reform.
Absolutism
Enlightenment
French Revolution
Miscellaneous
100
Painted the Sistine Chapel and the sculpture, David
Who is Michelangelo?
100
He was known as the Sun King
Who is Louis XIV?
100
Another name for the Enlightenment..
What is the Age of Reason?
100
He built the Palace of Versaille
Who is Louis XIV?
100
Nobles and Royalty made up this Estate
What is the 2nd Estate?
200
Device that spread the Renaissance and later the Reformation.
What is the printing press?
200
Leader who first attempts to "westernize" Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
200
Every human being was born with these and most Enlightenment writers believed that government's role was to protect them.
What are natural rights?
200
This period lasted for about one year during which many people lost their heads in the guillotine
What was the Reign of Terror?
200
Napoleon's last name
What is Bonaparte?
300
He was the embodiment of all the ideals and disciplines of the Renaissance.
Who is Da Vinci?
300
Name of government body which will challenge the power of the monarch in Britain.
What is Parliament?
300
In his work Two Treatises on Government he argued that the social contract could be broken if government did not protect natural rights
Who is John Locke?
300
The Third Estate broke away from the Estates-General and formed the National Assembly. They swore an oath to create a constitution. This oath was called...
What is The Tennis Court Oath?
300
Term that means "rule by a few or small group".
What is an oligarchy?
400
He wrote the 95 Theses which helped to begin the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
The name of the proclamation passed by Henry IV that granted freedom to the Huguenots.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
400
Adam Smith used this term to describe his ideal economy in which the government interfered very little in the economy.
What is Laissez-Faire?
400
The First Estate was made up of...
What is the Clergy?
400
This event marked the end of any Catholic ruler in Britain and establishment of a limited monarchy.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
This scientist challenged the Church and stated the universe, and our solar system, was heliocentric; the planets revolved around the sun.
Who is Copernicus?
500
Name of the war that raged between Charles I and his supporters and Oliver Cromwell and Parliament's supports.
What is the English Civil War?
500
This term is used to describe a monarch who has absolute power over his or her subjects but still chooses to embrace Enlightened reforms
What is an enlightened despot?
500
They were the radical political party that first seized control of the government of France during the Revolution.
Who are the Jacobins?
500
Napoleon's tactic to harm the British economically by banning all trade between Britain and France and its allies.
What is the Continental System?