Enlighten Me
The movement that in Europe with a strong influence from France.
Enlightenment
The movement started in ____________ with a strong influence from France.
Europe
Parliament declared Massachusetts to be _______ and instituted a blockade of the colony.
in rebellion
It marked the end of the ancient régime-old regime (monarchy) in France
Montesquieu said that each branch of the government should be able to serve as a ____ on the other two.
check
Another name for the Enlightenment is ____________
Age of Reason
Though Christianity would remain a strong force in western culture, most governments became increasingly ____________.
secular
Washington and the Continental Army's decisive victory in the ________ in 1781 led King George III and the Kingdom of Great Britain to negotiate an end to the war in the Treaty of Paris two years later, in 1783,
Siege of Yorktown
The causes of the revolution were a combination of social, political, and economic factors which the _________proved unable to manage.
ancien régime ("old regime")
This two acts, imposed additional taxes on the colonies to pay for defending the western frontier.
Sugar Act and Stamp Act
During the 1600s and 1700s thinkers developed new ideas about government and basic _______________.
human rights
In his writing The Spirit of the Laws, of 1748, he discussed governments throughout history.
Montesquieu
The huge debt incurred by the British during the ______________________ and demands from British taxpayers for cuts in government expenditure meant Parliament expected the colonies to fund their own defense.
Seven Years' War
This place was stormed on July 14, later a national holiday in France
The Bastille
He believed that people in their natural state were basically good, and their innocence was corrupted by the evils of society, and the unequal distribution of property
Rousseau
The philosophes emphasized the power of reason, rather than ________________ .
religious beliefs
He was the most controversial of the philosophes.
Rousseau
Tensions escalated in March 1770 when British troops fired on rock-throwing civilians, killing five in what became known as the ___________________.
Boston Massacre
In the Coup of 18 Brumaire Napoleon Bonaparte was made ________________.
First Consul
***Daily Double***
He produced a 28-volume set of books with the purpose of changing the general way of thinking” by explaining ideas on topics such as government, philosophy and religion.
Diderot
The people of the Enlightenment turned away from __________ and divine right toward democracy and individual rights.
absolutism
This concept started in the 1600s when groups of noblewomen started inviting a few friends to read poetry.
salons
In December 1773, a group called the _____________ disguised as Mohawks dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor, an event later known as the Boston Tea Party.
Sons of Liberty
How many Estates where there in the Estates General
Three
The most famous philosophe
Voltaire