Science
Philosophy
7 Years War
American Revolution
Terms
100
Earliest theory offered about the origins of our universe and accepted by many.
What was the Geocentric Theory?
100
Descartes introduced this new method for reasoning in solving problems.
What was Rationalism?
100
Major European ally of Britain during the 7 Years' War that emerged as a nation-state in the old Holy Roman Empire.
What was Prussia?
100
The most cosmopolitan and diverse group of colonies.
What were the Middle Colonies?
100
Another name for the philosophers of the Enlightenment.
Who were the Philosophes?
200
He proposed the Law of Planetary Motion saying the planets orbited the sun in a elliptical fashion.
Who was Kepler?
200
Besides Natural Rights John Locke believed everyone was born with this concept meaning a blank slate.
What is tabula rasa?
200
Another name for the 7 Years' War since it was fought mainly along the N. American frontier.
What was the French & Indian War?
200
Last battle of the war and Lord Cornwallis's surrender.
Where was Yorktown?
200
Describes the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government according to Montesquieu.
What are the separation of powers?
300
English chemist who developed his own view on gases and air pressure.
Who was Boyle?
300
French philosophe identified with Deism and religious toleration.
Who was Voltaire?
300
This European power lost most of its colonies in N. America under the 1763 Paris Treaty.
What was France?
300
Very unpopular tax law leading to a boycott of British goods until Parliament repealed it.
What was the Stamp Act?
300
Means government ruled by the consent of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
400
Vesalius's dissections helped us understand this important function in the human body.
What was the circulatory system?
400
Rousseau's governmental idea that some rights must be given up by citizens for law and order to prevail.
What was the Social Contract Theory?
400
Young Virginia colonial officer and lost his Ft. Necessity.
Who was George Washington?
400
Document signed in Philadelphia proclaiming unalienable rights and American independence.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
400
Another name for the business person that takes a risk according to Adam Smith.
Who is an entrepreneur?
500
He developed the Scientific Method.
Who was Bacon?
500
In Adam Smith's book the doctrine for a hands-off approach regarding the economy.
What was "laissez-faire"?
500
Territory claimed by both Prussia and Austria before the 7 Years' War started.
What was Silesia?
500
Became the western new border of the United States under the 1783 Paris Treaty.
What was the Mississippi River?
500
A weak central government.
What is a confederation?