Enlightenment Thinkers
Major Historical Events
Characteristics of Literature & Key Principles
Timeline/Spread of Enlightenment
100

Gravity was discovered by this Enlightenment Thinker.

Who is Isaac Newton?

100

American colonists rebelled against this country for independence.

What is England/Britain?

100

Another name for the Enlightenment.

What is the Age of Reason?

100

Revolutions that were inspired by the Enlightenment ideas.

What is the American and French Revolution?

200

Isaac Newton wrote this book in 1686.

What is the Principia Mathematica?

200

Influenced the main philosophy of the Enlightenment.

What is the 30 Years' War?

200

Main emphasis of the Enlightenment.

What is logic and/or rational thought?

200

The Enlightenment began on this year.

What is 1685?

300

This book was made up of 17 huge volumes of text and 11 volumes of illustrations.

What is the Encyclopédie?

300

Known as the peak of the Enlightenment period.

What is the French Revolution? 

300

Type of magazine that rose in the Enlightenment.

What is literary magazines?

300

The Enlightenment Period began in this continent.

What is Europe?

400

Mary Wollstonecraft considered this the key to equality and freedom for women.

What is education?

400

The spark that led to the start of the Enlightenment.

What was the 17th Century religious conflict?

400

Four ideas that dominated Enlightenment thought.

What is rationalism, empiricism, progressivism, and skepticism? 

400

The Early Enlightenment was longer than the Late Enlightenment but was shorter than the High Enlightenment, so the French revolution began on this year.

What is 1789?

500

Isaac Newtons wife.

Who is no one?

500

Length of the 30 Years' War.

What is 30 years?

500

The red quote at the bottom of the slide, "Characteristics of Literature".

What is "Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment"?

500

The 30 Years' War happened during this part of the Enlightenment.

What is before the Enlightenment?