Chapter 21 Enlightenment and Revolutions

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were especially influenced by the ideas of which two 17th-century Englishmen?

In 1756 Maria Theresa achieved what was soon labeled Queen of France.

Galileo's observations seemed to destroy another aspect of what?

Which of the country was not included in The War of the Austrian Succesion?

Who stated that the true and lawful goal of the sciences is none other than human life

The British Empire expanded by acquiring Canada and Indiana in the Seven Years' War.

Philosophers were NOT which of the following things?

Where was the first daily newspaper printed?

What was the religion of most Europeans in the 18th century?

Who lived in the a.d. 100s and was known as the greatest astronomer of antiquity?

Members of the nobility, who owned large landed estates with many serfs, were the officers in which army?

The Ptolemaic system goes through separation of powers was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought.

The universal law of motion explains why the planetary bodies continue their elliptical orbits about the sun.

Who stated that England's government had three branches?

What was seen as the key to navigation, military science, and geography?

When was the Seven Years War?

Who believed that scientists should not rely on the ideas of ancient authorities?

In which system does rulers try to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers?

In May 1543, Copernicus was a native of Poland and published a famous book "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres"

Which of the following men were not one of the 3 individuals dominated the intellectual landscape?

By the Treaty of Paris, the French was forced to transfer Canada and the lands east of the Mississippi to England.

Who controlled Canada as well as the thirteen colonies on the eastern coast of what is now the United States?

Haydn spent most of his adult life as what?

Who noted that "Common Sense is working a powerful change in the minds of men."?

The development of newspapers for the general public was an important aspect of the growth of publishing and reading.

Common Sense argued that monarchies had been set up by seizing power from the people.

Most leaders of the Enlightenment were _______, but English had provided the philosophical inspiration for the movement?

The national, or federal, government was separated into three branches what were the three branches? (3 answers)

In 1688 the Glorious Revolution resulted in a Bill of Rights that affirmed what?

Kepler showed that what's orbits around what were not circular, as Copernicus had thought?

François-Marie Arouet was also known as...

18th century Europe produced some of the worlds most enduring paintings

What was the act in 1766, that ended the immediate crisis, even though the cause of the dispute was not resolved?

In the Principia, who defined the three laws of motion that govern the planetary bodies, as well as objects on Earth?

# out of # amounts of amendments were ratified into the Constitution?

The Declaration of Independence includes broad statements supporting equality and human rights.

The Stamp act required certain printed materials to carry a stamp showing that a tax had been paid to Britian.

In the war of North America, the British and French fought over which main area? (There are more than 1 answer)

Who used detailed astronomical data to arrive at his laws of planetary motion?

Who made a series of remarkable finding on mountains on Earth's moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots?

The return of all occupied territories but Silesia to their original owners was guaranteed by which treaty?

As a result of the Bill of rights, the Monarchs and Parliament needed to what?

Derick Smith wrote the Wealth of Nations.

Who began considering the doubt and uncertainty that seemed to be everywhere in the confusion of the 17th century?

Who wrote the Discourse on Method, written in 1637?

In January 1770, Thomas Paine published a persuasive pamphlet called Common Sense.

An essay concerning human understanding argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind.

What states that "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"?

In the Seven Years War, A major war broke out over the succession to the British throne.

What did the baroque style stress? (2 answers)

According to who, the apparent movement of the sun around Earth was caused by the rotation of Earth on its axis?

Who proved that the same blood flows through the veins and arteries and makes a complete circuit through the body?

Which if the following was NOT one of the things bacon wanted science to benefit?

Who accurately described the individual organs and general structure of the human body?

King Frederick II of Prussia refused to recognize the legitimacy of the empress of Austria.

The desire of ordinary Christians for greater depths of religious experience led to new religious movements.

The philosophers condemned war as a foolish waste of which 2 things? (2 answers)

Who was forced to surrender to the American and French forces under Washington at Yorktown in 1781?

The Treaty of Paris granted the Britians control of the western territory from The Appalachians to the Mississippi River

Who succeeded their father when he didn't produce a male heir to the throne.

Baroque made use of delicate designs colored in gold with graceful curves.

Who entered the war against Austria?

Descartes emphasized the importance of his own mind, accepting only those things that his reason said were true.

In result of the Seven Years War, Maria Theresa allied with Great Britain

In which system was the universe seen as a series of concentric spheres—one inside the other?

Which of the following was not one of the thing the rococo style emphasize?

René Bacon was much more concerned with practical matters than pure science.

The spread of its ideas to the literate elite of European society was not of great importance to the Enlightenment.

Only who could bring about the enlightened reforms society needed?

Which of the following cities was not one of the port cities the Merchants did not want the British government to run?