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Who wrote The Spirit of the Laws and supported the idea of separation of powers?
Who wrote The Spirit of the Laws and supported the idea of separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Who argued that people were generally good and could be molded by modifying the environment around them?
Who argued that people were generally good and could be molded by modifying the environment around them?
J Locke
Who wrote Pensees to provide comfort and consolation during times of doubt?
Who wrote Pensees to provide comfort and consolation during times of doubt?
Blaise Pascal
What major work on government argues for an absolute and all-powerful government?
What major work on government argues for an absolute and all-powerful government?
Who wrote On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres and challenged the Ptolemaic Universe, proposing a heliocentric model?
Who wrote On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres and challenged the Ptolemaic Universe, proposing a heliocentric model?
Who was known for his use of the telescope to observe the heavens, discovering mountains on the Moon?
Who was known for his use of the telescope to observe the heavens, discovering mountains on the Moon?
Who believed that all people were inherently selfish and cruel, advocating for an absolute monarchy to maintain order?
Who believed that all people were inherently selfish and cruel, advocating for an absolute monarchy to maintain order?
Who wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman and is considered the founder of modern feminism?
Who wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman and is considered the founder of modern feminism?
Voltaire championed religious toleration and what belief, which describes God as a creator who set the universe in motion like a clock?
Voltaire championed religious toleration and what belief, which describes God as a creator who set the universe in motion like a clock?
What type of reasoning involves applying a general law or proposition to a specific case?
What type of reasoning involves applying a general law or proposition to a specific case?
Who is known as the Father of Reason, a French philosopher and mathematician?
Who is known as the Father of Reason, a French philosopher and mathematician?
What is the name of the satire written by Voltaire that uses humor to criticize governments and their lack of religious toleration?
What is the name of the satire written by Voltaire that uses humor to criticize governments and their lack of religious toleration?
Who was a German astronomer and mathematician who used data to confirm the heliocentric theory and argue that the planets' orbits were elliptical?
Who was a German astronomer and mathematician who used data to confirm the heliocentric theory and argue that the planets' orbits were elliptical?
Who described the effect of gravity mathematically and established a theoretical basis for physics?
Who described the effect of gravity mathematically and established a theoretical basis for physics?
What is the idea that the Earth is at the center of the universe and the Sun and other celestial objects revolve around it?
What is the idea that the Earth is at the center of the universe and the Sun and other celestial objects revolve around it?
The political thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment provided philosophical support for all of the following forms of government except:
The political thinkers during the Age of Enlightenment provided philosophical support for all of the following forms of government except:
In the passage, who does Galileo refer to as the "Leaders of the Catholic Church?"
In the passage, who does Galileo refer to as the "Leaders of the Catholic Church?"
Which statement describes the inductive reasoning process?
Which statement describes the inductive reasoning process?
Who was the first to advance the concept of heliocentrism during the Scientific Revolution?
Who was the first to advance the concept of heliocentrism during the Scientific Revolution?
In what way was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary?
In what way was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary?
Which of the following uses the practice of interpreting the results of experiments based on observation through the five senses?
Which of the following uses the practice of interpreting the results of experiments based on observation through the five senses?
What was Copernicus's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
What was Copernicus's main contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
What were the writers and critics who fostered the attitude of change and reform during the Enlightenment called?
What were the writers and critics who fostered the attitude of change and reform during the Enlightenment called?
What did John Locke believe about human beings?
What did John Locke believe about human beings?
How did Deists regard God?
How did Deists regard God?
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe was the key to making the world a more perfect place?
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe was the key to making the world a more perfect place?
According to Voltaire, how would religious toleration help end conflicts within Christianity?
According to Voltaire, how would religious toleration help end conflicts within Christianity?
According to laissez-faire economic thought, how should wealth be distributed?
According to laissez-faire economic thought, how should wealth be distributed?
In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of a social contract, what does the entire society agree to?
In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of a social contract, what does the entire society agree to?
According to Mary Wollstonecraft, what is the primary reason for women's perceived inferiority?
According to Mary Wollstonecraft, what is the primary reason for women's perceived inferiority?
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about the pursuit of progress?
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about the pursuit of progress?
What form of government did most Enlightenment philosophes believe would be best for the majority of the people?
What form of government did most Enlightenment philosophes believe would be best for the majority of the people?
In an effort to make science comprehensible and accessible to the masses, the French produced the most comprehensive literary work of the Enlightenment period. What was that immensely successful literary work called?
In an effort to make science comprehensible and accessible to the masses, the French produced the most comprehensive literary work of the Enlightenment period. What was that immensely successful literary work called?
Which statement best describes the Old Regime in France?
Which statement best describes the Old Regime in France?
What was the fundamental cause of the French Revolution?
What was the fundamental cause of the French Revolution?
Why was the seizure of the Bastille important?
Why was the seizure of the Bastille important?
What was Louis XVI's purpose in summoning the Estates-General in 1789?
What was Louis XVI's purpose in summoning the Estates-General in 1789?
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man, adopted by the National Assembly, represent?
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man, adopted by the National Assembly, represent?
What was the effect of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
What was the effect of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
Which statement about the Reign of Terror is an opinion rather than a fact?
Which statement about the Reign of Terror is an opinion rather than a fact?
What was the impact of the French Revolution on the Catholic Church in France?
What was the impact of the French Revolution on the Catholic Church in France?
All of the following were policies enacted by the radical phase of the French Revolution except:
All of the following were policies enacted by the radical phase of the French Revolution except:
Those who swore the famous "Tennis Court Oath" promised to do what?
Those who swore the famous "Tennis Court Oath" promised to do what?
What were the assignats of the French Revolutionary Era?
What were the assignats of the French Revolutionary Era?
During the height of the Reign of Terror, what three notable concepts developed?
During the height of the Reign of Terror, what three notable concepts developed?
Who was Queen of France with Louis XVI?
Who was Queen of France with Louis XVI?
Who were the Girondists?
Who were the Girondists?
What were the Cahiers?
What were the Cahiers?
Who was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for the Reign of Terror?
Who was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for the Reign of Terror?
What was the Thermidorian Reaction?
What was the Thermidorian Reaction?
What was the Directory?
What was the Directory?
What was the name of the group at the top of the Third Estate who felt they were above everyone else?
What was the name of the group at the top of the Third Estate who felt they were above everyone else?
Who was not satisfied with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen because it left out women, so she wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen?
Who was not satisfied with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen because it left out women, so she wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen?
Which was NOT a belief of an 18th-century liberal?
Which was NOT a belief of an 18th-century liberal?
What did 19th-century liberals believe was the cure for many of society's problems?
What did 19th-century liberals believe was the cure for many of society's problems?
Which of the following states was NOT part of the Quadruple Alliance?
Which of the following states was NOT part of the Quadruple Alliance?
Which of France's estates paid the taille?
Which of France's estates paid the taille?
The fall of the Bastille in 1789 incorporated what segment of French society into the Revolution?
The fall of the Bastille in 1789 incorporated what segment of French society into the Revolution?
During the French Revolution the Jacobins favored the establishment of what?
During the French Revolution the Jacobins favored the establishment of what?
"Equality" in the slogan "liberty, equality, fraternity" meant equality in what way?
"Equality" in the slogan "liberty, equality, fraternity" meant equality in what way?
What was the Thermidorian Reaction against?
What was the Thermidorian Reaction against?
What was the first location that Napoleon was exiled to?
What was the first location that Napoleon was exiled to?
What was the document created by Napoleon to repair relations with the Catholic Church?
What was the document created by Napoleon to repair relations with the Catholic Church?
Who was one of the leaders of the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for putting 40,000 people to death during the Reign of Terror?
Who was one of the leaders of the Committee of Public Safety and was responsible for putting 40,000 people to death during the Reign of Terror?
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
On ______________________ Paris mobs stormed and destroyed one of the symbols of the Old Regime, the Bastille, and is still considered a national holiday today in France.
On ______________________ Paris mobs stormed and destroyed one of the symbols of the Old Regime, the Bastille, and is still considered a national holiday today in France.
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Montesquieu
Montesquieu
French philosopher who supported separation of powers and wrote The Spirit of the Laws
John Locke
John Locke
English philosopher who believed people are naturally good and can be molded by their environment. He advocated for the right to life, liberty, and property.
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French Catholic thinker who wrote Pensées to calm his mind, a work considered one of the greatest Christian consolations.
Leviathan (by Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan (by Thomas Hobbes)
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Deism
Deism
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Deductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
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René Descartes
René Descartes
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Candide (by Voltaire)
Candide (by Voltaire)
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
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Geocentric
Geocentric
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What form of government did Enlightenment thinkers NOT support?
What form of government did Enlightenment thinkers NOT support?
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Who does Galileo refer to in the passage?
Who does Galileo refer to in the passage?
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What is inductive reasoning?
What is inductive reasoning?
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Who first proposed heliocentrism?
Who first proposed heliocentrism?
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How was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary?
How was the Scientific Revolution revolutionary?
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What is the empirical method?
What is the empirical method?
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What was Copernicus' main contribution?
What was Copernicus' main contribution?
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What were the Enlightenment reformers called?
What were the Enlightenment reformers called?
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What did John Locke believe about human nature?
What did John Locke believe about human nature?
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How did Deists view God?
How did Deists view God?
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What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about knowledge?
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about knowledge?
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What did Voltaire believe about religious toleration?
What did Voltaire believe about religious toleration?
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How did laissez-faire economics view wealth distribution?
How did laissez-faire economics view wealth distribution?
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What is Rousseau's social contract?
What is Rousseau's social contract?
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What did Mary Wollstonecraft attribute women's perceived inferiority to?
What did Mary Wollstonecraft attribute women's perceived inferiority to?
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What was the core belief of Enlightenment thinkers?
What was the core belief of Enlightenment thinkers?
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Study Notes
Enlightenment Thinkers and Philosophers
- Montesquieu: French nobleman, author of The Spirit of the Laws, advocated separation of powers.
- John Locke: Believed humans are inherently good and can shape their destiny through environmental modification.
- Blaise Pascal: French Catholic, wrote Pensees (Thoughts), a highly regarded Christian work.
- Thomas Hobbes: Believed humans are inherently cruel and advocated for absolute monarchy.
- Mary Wollstonecraft: Advocated for women's rights, considered a founder of modern feminism, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
- Voltaire: Championed religious toleration and Deism (belief God created the universe but doesn't intervene). Wrote satire Candide.
- René Descartes: French philosopher and mathematician, known as the Father of Reason.
- Adam Smith: Economist who advocated for minimal government intervention in business.
Scientific Revolution Figures
- Nicholas Copernicus: Polish mathematician and astronomer, challenged the geocentric model with heliocentrism (sun-centered universe), author of On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres.
- Galileo Galilei: Improved the telescope, observed celestial bodies, and supported the heliocentric model.
- Johannes Kepler: Astronomer and mathematician who confirmed heliocentrism and described elliptical planetary orbits.
- Isaac Newton: Described gravity mathematically, laid a theoretical Physics foundation.
Key Enlightenment Concepts
- Geocentrism: The Earth is the center of the universe.
- Heliocentrism: The Sun is the center of the universe.
- Deductive Reasoning: Arriving at a truth by applying a general law to a specific case.
- Inductive Reasoning: Observing phenomena to create generalizations.
- Empirical Method: Interpreting experimental results based on observation.
- Social Contract: Entire society agrees to be governed by a general will.
- Deism: Belief that God created the universe but doesn't intervene.
- Separation of Powers: Dividing governmental power among different branches.
French Revolution
- Old Regime: The French social and political system prior to the revolution, burdened the Third Estate with taxation.
- Estates-General: Meeting of French representatives, called by King Louis XVI to address debt problems.
- Bastille: Royal prison stormed by Parisian mobs, marking the start of the revolution and challenging the Old Regime.
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: Document declaring men's rights during the French Revolution.
- Civil Constitution of the Clergy: Placed the French Church under government control.
- Reign of Terror: Period of extreme violence and executions led by the Jacobins.
- Napoleon's Grand Empire: Napoleon's short-lived empire that fell due to British resistance and nationalism.
- Napoleonic Code: A legal system based on equality, established by Napoleon.
- Committee of Public Safety: Group led by Robespierre during the Reign of Terror.
- Jacobins: Political party responsible for the execution of the French king.
- Girondists: Moderate political party that opposed the execution of the king.
- Thermidorian Reaction: Reaction toward the radicals of the French Revolution.
- Directory: Five member group in charge of France after the Reign of Terror.
German Unification
- Prussia: Largest German state that played a vital role in unification.
- Otto von Bismarck: Prime Minister of Prussia crucial to German unification, known for his "blood and iron" policy.
- William I: Prussian monarch who became the first German Emperor.
- Danish War: War fought to gain control of Schleswig and Holstein.
- Austro-Prussian War: War that dissolved the Austrian-dominated German Confederation.
- Battle of Nations: Battle in Central Germany, resulted in Napoleon's defeat.
- Militarism: Ideology associated with a strong army.
- Carlsbad Decrees: Suppressed liberal and nationalist ideas, censored the press.
- Moltke: General and Chief of Staff who helped Bismarck succeed.
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