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

The Prime Minister is the equivalent of what position in our government?

President

Name one of the two governmetal systems that places the greatest restrictions on the people they rule

Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship

Where was the concept of Democracy first introduced?

Ancient Greece

What is the main theory behind Divine Right?

You are chosen by god to rule

What document changed absolute monarchies into constitutional monarchies?

Bill of Rights

He was credited with the theory of a Heliocentric universe

Nicolaus Copernicus

This Enlightened thinker was constantly going against the church’s wishes. He was finally put under house arrest by the church until his death

Galileo Galilei

Name one of the two scientists that came up the concept of the scientific method

Francis Bacon or René Descartes

What did Edward Jenner contribute to the Enlightenment

Invented the vaccine/ Cured smallpox

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

Isaac Newton

His man claimed that if a ruler is not protecting the natural rights of the people, the people had the right to overthrow them

John Locke

He stated that only power could be checked with power. We know it today as the three branches of government

Montesquieu

They argued that woman should not only be educated but woman should also participate in government

Mary Wollstonecraft

Name one of the philosophes that wrote about the “social contract”

Thomas Hobbes Jean Jacques Rousseau

This person’s satires preached about freedom of religion and speech among other things

Voltaire

These were gathering places during the enlightenment where people could talk about new ideas. Marie Geoffrin hosted the best

Paris Salons

This was the “old” art style before the Enlightenment, defined by grand and ornate artworks

baroque

Name one of the classic composers to come out of the Enlightenment

Haydn Mozart Beethoven

Name one of the Enlightenment despots

Frederick the Great Joseph II Catherine the Great

He wrote the Encyclopedia which drew a lot of negative attention from the French government and the church

Denis Diderot

What was the main grievance the colonist listed for independence from Britain

Taxation without representation

The Declaration of Independence has many of this Enlightened thinker’s ideas

John Locke

Beccaria pushed hard for justice for all people. His ideas are seen in America’s

Bill of Rights (IV-VIII)

Who was King of England during the American Revolution?

King George III

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

Jean Jacques Rosseau