Ch 10 Exam

16. What issue began to drive the wedge between the British Empire and the 13 American colonies?

19. The British government negotiated an end to the war that recognized American Independence after . . . what battle?

15. The peace treaty ending the Seven Years War left which empire as the most powerful in Europe?

10. John Wesley founded which branch of Christianity?

5. "I think, therefore I am" is the first principle of _____'s natural philosophy.

6. The "Philosophes" believed that the role of philosophy was to . . . do what?

20. The govt created by the U.S. Constitution uses a _____ system where power is shared across levels of govt.

3. _____ used a telescope to observe the lunar surface, the moons of Jupiter, and the rings of Saturn.

7. The Deist worldview involves a god that can be compared to what?

13. Which Russian ruler invited Enlightenment thinkers to her court but never made social reforms based on their ideas?

2. Johannes Kepler was a _____ who proved the orbits of the planets are elliptical (ovals) instead of circular.

11. Which ruler of Austria enacted many social reforms that were later rolled back by his successors?

12. Which ruler of Prussia successfully defended his kingdom across three fronts during the Seven Years War?

4. Newton's Universal Law of _____ explain why the planets orbit the sun without "flying" away or "falling" into it.

17. Many American militias were created due to the urging of what group?

1. Nicolaus Copernicus proposed a _____ model of the universe with the Earth orbiting the Sun.

18. The Continental Army laid siege to a British army in _____ after the battles of Lexington and Concord.

14. T or F: Haydn and Mozart were Classical composers while Bach and Handel exemplified the Baroque style for music.

8. Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations" to describe what he believed to be the proper role of government in the economy?

9. Rousseau used the idea of a "social contract" to describe how humans organize themselves into societies.