Chapter 1
The Renaissance was the "Rebirth" of these two ancient societies/cultures
Who is
Greek and Roman
The Europeans went exploring in the 1400’s for this.
What is
GOD, GLORY, AND GOLD
This word is defined as: "the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth".
What is
Divine Right
This is the geocentric theory.
What is
The moon, sun, and planets revolve around the Earth.
These are the three estates
What is
1ST ESTATE - Represented the Clergy / Monarchy, 2ND ESTATE - Represented the nobility, 3RD ESTATE - Represented the Common People
This word is best defined as, "monarch claiming the authority to rule without limits on their power".
What is
Absolutism
This was caused by the Scientific Revolution?
What is
Improvements in medicine and scientific instruments.
The reign of terror did this
What is
Suspended Individual Rights
Definition of humanism
What is
A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
A nation could increase its wealth this way according to the policy of mercantilism.
What is
Sell more goods than it buys from other countries.
This philosopher argued that people had the natural right to “life, liberty, and property” and the purpose of government was to protect those rights.
Who is
John Locke
This was the Tennis Court Oath
What is
A promise not to leave until there was a new constitution.
This was an important effect of the invention of the printing press.
What is
It increased literacy and the use of vernacular languages.
This philosopher believed in the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion
Who is
Rousseau
The Renaissance and Reformation shaped ideas about democracy in this way
What is
Emphasized the importance of the individual and challenged the rule of authoritarian leaders
The transatlantic trading network that transported Africans to the Americas were known as this.
What is
Triangular Trade.
These were the main changes the English Bill of Rights made to the government after William and Mary took over post Glorious Revolution.
What is
No levying taxes without a specific grant from Parliament, no interfering with freedom of speech in Parliament, no suspending Parliament's laws.
The reasons the following people important
Issac Newton, Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Decartes, Nicholas Copernicus
What is
Developed the law of universal gravitation, English writer who helped develop the scientific method, First to use the telescope to study the heavens, Helped develop the scientific method with an emphasis on logic, First to argue that the sun, not the earth was the center of the universe
This happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
What is
THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE- A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder