Scientific Revolution People
Enlightenment Thinkers
Absolutism
French Revolution
Miscellaneous
100
"Ouch!" An apple may have fell on this scientist's head who eventually discovered the laws of motion and gravity.
Isaac Newton
100
This Enlightenment thinker couldn't stand people and thought that human nature is inherently bad. He came to this conclusion by his experiences during the English Civil War.
Thomas Hobbes
100
The Idea that rulers should hold all of the power in their state/country.
Absolutism (Theory of Absolutism)
100
"At least it was fast... I guess." This device was used as the execution devise during the French Revolution.
The Guillotine
100
"Yeah he was great alright! He modernized Russia is what he did. Strengthened the navy and built St. Petersburg. I don't care if he did kill his son, in this house he is a hero. End of story"
Peter the Great
200
This scientist created the first vaccine using cowpox to cure and eventually eradicate the deadly Smallpox virus.
Edward Jenner
200
Famous English philosopher John Locke believed that all men were created with these rights.
Life, Liberty, and Property
200
This French monarch is the best case study for absolutism.
Louis XIV
200
"I declare!" this document gave the people of France more rights than they had ever enjoyed.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
200
This man, after executing Charles I, essentially became dictator of England for almost a decade.
Oliver Cromwell
300
"Gee I wonder what temperature it is?" This scientist created an instrument to measure just that.
Gabriel Fahrenheit
300
French philosophe Baron De Montesquieu created this new idea of government in his best seller "The Spirit of Laws".
Separation of Powers
300
In this palace some French kings would force nobles to stay there in order to keep an eye on them.
Versailles
300
The name for the social classes of France.
The Estates or Three Estates
300
This body of water was in the center of the Roman Empire.
Mediterranean Sea
400
Torricelli created this scientific instrument to help predict the weather.
The Mercury Barometer
400
In her famous book "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" she urged women to enter male dominated fields like politics and medicine.
Mary Wollstonecraft
400
The theory that God created the Monarchy (the kings and queens) and the monarchs acted as God’s chosen representative on earth.
Divine Right
400
After the period of the Directory, this man organized a coup d'état to seize power.
Napoleon Bonaparte
400
According to the Jeopardy! Master (me), these are best fast food french fries. (Correct and true statement)
Dairy Queen
500
This thinker did not like using experimentation instead he used math and logic to prove theories. He also had the famous quote "I think, therefore I am." to prove his existence.
Rene Descartes
500
This French philosophe argued that all people should be guaranteed religious freedom.
Voltaire
500
"Red was his color" This man paved the way for the French Monarch to be absolutist.
Cardinal Richelieu
500
This French political leader organized the case against Louis XVI, leading to his execution. he was also leader of the aptly named "Reign of Terror"
Maximillian Robespierre
500
This absolute monarch created an armada of ships to invade England to bring them back to Catholicism.
Philip II
600
The idea that all of the major European countries should have relatively the same amount of power.
Balance of Power