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This term describes a time period which used reasoned observation and systematic measurement to assess all things.
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scientific revolution
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Who found blood circulates through the body?
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Harvey
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Who discovered planetary motion?
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Kepler
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Who was first to claim the heliocentric theory?
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Copernicus
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Who developed the telescope?
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Gallileo |
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Who discovered the laws of gravity?
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Newton
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What was formed from the scientific revolution?
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scientific method using reasoning and observation |
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What is absolute monarchy?
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King/Queen with divine right to solely rule
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Name some absolute monarchs?
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Louis XIV, Frederick the Great, Peter the Great |
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What were the two main characteristics of absolute monarchies?
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Centralized power
divine right |
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What is divine right?
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Belief that God has chosen one person to rule |
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Who was the absolute monarch of France who built the Palace of Versailles?
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Louis XIV
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Frederick the Great emphasized what?
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Military Power
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Peter the Great was known for wanting to?
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westernize Russia
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Political democracy rests on the principle that government derives power from?
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consent of the governed
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What were some of the English freedoms established during this time period?
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jury trial, Magna Carta, and common law
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What battle was fought in England that beheaded Charles I?
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English Civil War
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Who became leader after English Civil War?
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Oliver Cromwell, Roundheads
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With the monarchy re set on the throne of England, the parliament did not want a Catholic on the throne. The parliament had two new monarchs take over the throne and they were?
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William and Mary-Glorious Revolution |
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What document did William and Mary signed which was significant in changing the monarchies powers?
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English Bill of Rights
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What developed during Englands parliament development?
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political parties developed |
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Enlightenment ideas influenced what revolution?
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American
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What did Hobbes right and what did he believe?
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Leviathan/monarchy
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What did John Locke write and what did he believe?
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Two Treatises on Government
life, liberty and property influenced Jefferson Declaration of Independence |
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What did Montesquieu write and what did he believe?
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The Spirit of Laws/three branches of government/influenced the Constitution
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What did Jean Jacques Rousseau write and what did he believe?
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The Social Contract/ contract between rulers and people and people can remove leader if does not keep contract.
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What did Voltaire believe?
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Separation of church and state and religious tolerance |
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The Enlightenment Age fueled what ?
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Democratic Revolutions
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Name some causes of the French Revolution?
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Influence of American Revolution |
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What event in 1789 began the French Revolution where King Louis XVI was beheaded?
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Storming of the Bastille
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Who took over at the monarchy was dead in France?
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Robespierre/Reign of Terror
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Who stepped in to end the Reign of Terror and Robespierre?
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Napoleon
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What is another name for the enlightenment period?
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Age of Reason |
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Two enlightenment composers were ?
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Bach
Mozart |
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Painter of the Enlightenment who focused on revolutionary type paintings?
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Delacroix/Liberty Leading the People
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Who wrote Don Quixote and what new literature genre did he create?
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Cervantes/first novel
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What changed in painting during the enlightenment?
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portraits/lifelike/natural scenes
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What were some improvements in technology and institutions during the Enlightenment?
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all weather roads |
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Having better farm tools led to what revolution?
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Agricultural Revolution
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Speaking out against the Catholic Church like Gallileo did is called...
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Heresy |
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This means the earth is the center of the Universe and what the Catholic Church believed. |
geocentric
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This term means sun centered universe.
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heliocentric theory
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These steps are used in experiments and was developed by Francis Bacon. |
Scientific Method
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In the English Civil War, these were the supporters of Charles I.
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Cavaliers
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This was when thousands of French persons were guillotined after the French Revolution. We call this time period...
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Reign of Terror
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What are the 3 Estates of early French society? |
1ST Clergy
2nd Nobles/Royalty 3rd peasants |
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What revolution took place in England to remove James II, a Catholic King.
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Glorious Revolution
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Who were the monarchs in the Glorious Revolution?
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William and Mary
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What did William and Mary sign that made their reign a constitutional monarchy? |
English Bill of Rights
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Napoleon's lasting legacy is
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Napoleonic Code
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US documents that contain Enlightenment ideas
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Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution
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What revolution influenced the French revolution? |
American Revolution |
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Invented small pox vaccine
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Jenner
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Discovered bacteria
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Pasteur
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