Chapter 6 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What event is considered the end of the American Revolution?
Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia
What city was the center of the Enlightenment?
Paris, France
What event is considered the start of the American Revolutionl?
the Boston Tea Party
Why was Denis Diderot’s primary accomplishment?
published the first encyclopedia
What was the geocentric theory?
the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe
What was the term for music in the Enlightenment?
Neoclassical
Which of the following is NOT one of the “natural rights” as the Enlightenment first saw them?
Life, Liberty, and Property
NOT: Pursuit of Happiness
Which of the following was NOT a European ruler affected by the Enlightenment?
Was: Frederick the Great, Joseph II, Catherine the Great
Which philosophe first proposed a social contract between the ruler and his subjects?
Thomas Hobbes
Which philosophe first proposed that the people could have the right to overthrow a ruler?
John Locke
Which philosophe lived through the English Civil War?
Thomas Hobbes
Which philosophe lived through the Glorious Revolution?
John Locke
Which philosophe proposed that the social Contract was with each other anf not with the ruler?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Which philosophe recommended a mistaken view of the “English system of government “ to the world?
Baron de Montesquieu
Which philosophe was born poor in Switzerland?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Which philosophe was not reflected in the American Bill of Rights?
Primarily: John Locke
2nd: Voltaire
Was: Rousseau
Was: Beccaria
Which scientist developed calculus?
Isaac Newton
Which scientist developed coordinate geometry?
Rene Descartes
Which scientist explained how planets’ orbits were elliptical?
John Kepler
Which scientist proposed the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which scientist proposed universal gravitational force?
Isaac Newton
Which scientist proved the ancient Greeks wrong time and time again?
Galileo Galilei
Which scientist was called by the Inquisition for his theories?
Galileo Galilei
Who was the ruler of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution?
King George III
