Scientific Revolution
This intellectual movement promoted observation and reason over religious dogma, challenging the authority of the Church.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This Enlightenment thinker proposed the idea of natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This religious figure wrote the 95 Theses, criticizing the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This revolution started as a constitutional monarchy but became radical and violent.
What is the French Revolution?
This is the British legislative body that makes and passes laws, often made up of elected representatives.
Who is Parliament?
This scientist developed the laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This intellectual movement built on ideas from the Scientific Revolution by emphasizing reason, evidence, and logic for human progress.
What is the Enlightenment?
This invention helped spread ideas quickly during the Reformation.
What is the printing press?
This military leader declared himself Emperor of France after the Revolution.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This is a strong sense of pride and loyalty to one's nation, often promoting independence.
What is nationalism?
This invention revolutionized the study of astronomy during the Scientific Revolution.
What is the telescope?
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas greatly influenced the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This movement was a revival of classical learning and humanism.
What is the Renaissance?
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
A political community founded for the common good.
What is a commonwealth?
This theory challenged the geocentric model (The belief that the earth was the center of the universe).
What is the heliocentric theory?
This thinker believed in separating the powers of government to prevent tyranny.
Who is Montesquieu?
The first major Christian Denomination to come out of the Reformation and fragmentation of the church.
What is Protestantism?
These were the main complaints of the American colonists that led to the American Revolution.
What is taxation without representation?
A supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
What is a sovereign?
This theory holds that knowledge comes from sensory experience and experimentation.
What is empiricism?
This philosopher believed people enter into a social contract where they give consent to be governed in exchange for the protection of their rights.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This was the Catholic Church’s effort to reform itself and counter the spread of Protestantism.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This Enlightenment idea included life, liberty, and property, influencing the American Revolution.
What are natural rights?
The state of being under the authority or control of another.
What is Subjection?