I was born again
_____________ is a French word meaning rebirth.
Renaissance
The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge.
Age of Exploration
This bank was the largest in Europe in the 15th century.
The Medici Bank
He commanded the Patriot Army
Washington
Most historians consider this the end point of the French Revolution.
the coup of 18 Brumaire
While the spirit of the Renaissance ultimately took many forms, it was expressed earliest by the intellectual movement called _____________.
Humanism
Many nations were looking for goods such as silver and gold, but one of the biggest reasons for exploration was the desire to find a new route for the spice and _________ trades.
silk
The Medici family gave us ____ popes and ____ French queens
4/2
He surrendered to Washington
Lord Cornwallis
The attempted escape of the king had a profound ____________________
impact on public opinion
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 provided ____________ with a major boost, for many eastern scholars fled to Italy, bringing with them important books and manuscripts and a tradition of Greek scholarship
humanism
When the Ottoman Empire took control of _______________ in 1453, it blocked European access to the area, severely limiting trade.
Constantinople
The Medicis funded the invention of the ________, and arguably that of opera
piano
Tensions escalated in March 1770 when British troops fired on rock-throwing civilians, killing five in what became known as the ______________.
Boston Massacre
This European movement influenced both the American and French Revolutions
The Enlightenment
The cost of construction and decoration of palaces, churches, and monasteries was underwritten by wealthy merchant families, chief among whom were the ________________.
Medici family
Instead of reaching __________, Columbus found the island of San Salvador in what is known today as the Bahamas. He also explored the island of Hispaniola, home of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
India
The Medici family financed the construction of ___________________ Basilica
Saint Peter’s
In December 1773, a group called the ________ disguised as Mohawks dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor, an event later known as the_____________________.
Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party.
He said his trade was to “say what I think”.
Voltaire
It was in _____ that the spirit of the Renaissance achieved its sharpest formulation.
art
The Treaty of _________officially divided the world in half in 1494.
Tordesillas
The Medicis' wealth and influence was initially derived from the textile trade guided by the wool guild of Florence, the ___________.
Arte della Lana
The Revolutionary War ended when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at _________
Yorktown
Rousseau was the most ______of the philosophes.
controversial