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2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Government Enlightenment in Science Enlightenment in Politics The Spread of the Enlightenment Enlightenment in America
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The Prime Minister is the equivalent of what position in our government?
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President
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Name one of the two governmetal systems that places the greatest restrictions on the people they rule
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Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship
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Where was the concept of Democracy first introduced?
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Ancient Greece
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What is the main theory behind Divine Right?
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You are chosen by god to rule
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What document changed absolute monarchies into constitutional monarchies?
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Bill of Rights
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He was credited with the theory of a Heliocentric universe
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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This Enlightened thinker was constantly going against the church’s wishes. He was finally put under house arrest by the church until his death
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Galileo Galilei
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Name one of the two scientists that came up the concept of the scientific method
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Francis Bacon or René Descartes
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What did Edward Jenner contribute to the Enlightenment
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Invented the vaccine/ Cured smallpox
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He brought together some of the theories and discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo under a single theory of motion known as the law of universal gravitation
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Isaac Newton
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His man claimed that if a ruler is not protecting the natural rights of the people, the people had the right to overthrow them
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John Locke
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He stated that only power could be checked with power. We know it today as the three branches of government
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Montesquieu
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They argued that woman should not only be educated but woman should also participate in government
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Name one of the philosophes that wrote about the “social contract”
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Thomas Hobbes Jean Jacques Rousseau
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This person’s satires preached about freedom of religion and speech among other things
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Voltaire
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These were gathering places during the enlightenment where people could talk about new ideas. Marie Geoffrin hosted the best
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Paris Salons
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This was the “old” art style before the Enlightenment, defined by grand and ornate artworks
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baroque
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Name one of the classic composers to come out of the Enlightenment
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Haydn Mozart Beethoven
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Name one of the Enlightenment despots
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Frederick the Great Joseph II Catherine the Great
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He wrote the Encyclopedia which drew a lot of negative attention from the French government and the church
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Denis Diderot
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What was the main grievance the colonist listed for independence from Britain
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Taxation without representation
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The Declaration of Independence has many of this Enlightened thinker’s ideas
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John Locke
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Beccaria pushed hard for justice for all people. His ideas are seen in America’s
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Bill of Rights (IV-VIII)
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Who was King of England during the American Revolution?
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King George III
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Direct democracy was this Enlightenment thinker’s idea, which was incorporated into America’s founding documents. He also felt the government was bad while people are good
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Jean Jacques Rosseau
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