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this economist argued that in a free market, businesses would be regulated by the forces of supply and demand
Who is Adam Smith?
100
American leaders gathered in this city in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation
What is Philadelphia?
100
during this era, John Locke argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people
What is the Enlightenment?
100
participants of this swore that they would continue meeting until they were able to bring about a just constitution in France
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
100
artist that created The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
according to this Enlightenment thinker, the best form of government was an absolute monarchy
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
the first permanent English colony in the Americas was established here in 1607
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
200
the first leg of this brought European goods to Africa
What is the triangular trade?
200
the British decision to grease rifle cartridges with animal fat were a key cause of this
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
200
in France's old order, the clergy belonged to this estate
What is the First Estate?
300
he wrote Utopia; he was also executed because he would not accept Henry the VIII as head of the Church of England
Who is Sir Thomas More?
300
this African country was able to remain independent because it modernized and imported European weapons
What is Ethiopia?
300
Because Parliament executed the chief ministers of Charles I, this conflict began
What is the English Civil War?
300
this religious group believed infants should not be baptized because they are too young to accept the Christian faith
Who are Anabaptists?
300
the first factories of the Industrial Revolution developed in this industry
What is textiles?
400
Ottomans advancing across Europe were a major threat to this Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor
Who is Charles V?
400
this gained its name because rounding it gave sailors a direct sea route to Asia
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
400
this treaty was signed in 1494 and it validated Portugal's claim of Brazil
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
400
wheat and grapes were first introduced to the Americas by Europeans through this "trade"
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
this group was at the top of Spanish colonial society
Who are the peninsulares?
500
Louis XVI was forced to dismiss this man because he proposed taxing the First and Second estates
Who is Jacques Necker?
500
the name of the Swiss city-state that became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of John Calvin
What is Geneva?
500
one result of this document that was signed in 1689 was that the British monarch could no longer interfere in parliamentary debates
What is the English Bill of Rights?
500
today's electric generators work on the same principle as this invention of Michael Faraday
What is the dynamo?
500
Britain gained the Dutch sugar-producing islands in the Caribbean as a result of this treaty that was signed in 1763
What is the Treaty of Paris?