Enlightenment
The gathering locations of intellectuals, artists, and socialites were held here during the Enlightenment.
What are salons?
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The King and Queen at the beginning of the French Revolution.
Who are King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette?
The main cause of Napoleon's defeat in Russia.
What is the Russian winter?
Napoleon sold this to the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Introduced the idea of the natural rights of life, Liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This form of capital punishment was seen as humane and equal for nobles and commoners alike.
What is the guillotine?
Napoleon overthrew this legislative body before crowning himself Emperor.
What is the Directory?
This group made up the 1st Estate.
Who are the clergy?
The cultural and intellectual capital of Europe during the Enlightenment.
What is Paris?
This individual was appointed at the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The 3rd Estate renamed themselves this at the beginning of the Revolution.
The number of times Napoleon was exiled.
Twice (Elba and St. Helena)
Author of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This individual argued that governments should have a separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
The last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Ironically, this individual became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Napoleon's only major naval defeat.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
These acts came after the colonists conducted the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This is the one "right" that Jefferson altered from Locke's list when writing the Declaration of Independence.
What is the pursuit of happiness?
Despite being unsuccessful overall and later replaced by the U.S. Constitution, these were critical in signing the Treaty of Paris.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This title was given to the period when 40,000 individuals were executed during the French Revolution.
This gathering established a policy of containment, encouraged strong nationalistic policies, and a separation of powers.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
The British Admiral to defeat Napoleon.
Who is Admiral Lord Nelson?