The Articles of Confederation

created a weak central government and were not effective

American colonists objected to the Stamp Act because

disliked the tax because they felt they were not represented

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional (main) authorities of science were

the Church and ancient scholars

What is NOT true about the Revolutionary War?

The colonists had to fight on their own

gatherings where intellectual & political ideas are exchange

Why was the pamphlet "Common Sense" so important?

helped convince colonists that they could govern themselves.

How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?

Rousseau believed that people were good; Hobbes did not

What is the "Bill of Rights?"

the first ten amendments to the Constitution

What is NOT correct about our founding father's belief in "unalienable" rights?

our founding fathers came up with these ideas on their own

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1
Who was the first to create a model of the solar system using physics, astronomy, mathematics
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
2
Who posed theories that brought him into direct conflict with the Church, eventually ending in house arrest?
Ptolemy
Galileo
Francis Bacon
Aristotle
3
The Articles of Confederation
used to show Gr. Britain why colonists should not be taxed
created a weak central government and were not effective
is the oldest document that creates a government being used
created a strong foundation for the United States
4
A new generation of Enlightenment philosophers believed that they could use ________ to solve human problems.
the church
science
reason
math
5
American colonists objected to the Stamp Act because
Americans thought stamps were necessary and them taken away
the Act restricted the colonists's trade
disliked being forced into military in the Seven Years War
disliked the tax because they felt they were not represented
6
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional (main) authorities of science were
Plato and Aristotle
the Church and ancient scholars
navigators and explorers
Aquinas and his followers
7
Define: people should be willing to give up some rights and freedoms in return for safety/peace
absolutism
divine right
popular sovereignty
social contract
8
The (overall) new way of thinking about the physical world that emerged in the mid 1500's is called the
geocentric theory
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
American Revolution
9
What is NOT true about the Revolutionary War?
For the first part of the war, the colonists were losing.
Native Americans remained neutral and did not fight
France helped the colonists out
The colonists had to fight on their own
10
What is another term for "the Age of Reason?"
The period of Revolution
the time of monarchs
the Enlightenment
The Age of Exploration
11
Who argued that people had a right to overthrow a government that does not protect their rights
Diderot
Voltaire
Locke
Newton
12
What is a salon?
gatherings where intellectual & political ideas are exchange
a gathering place where women got their hair done
a school where children went to get math, science, and arts
a method for studying science
13
Why was the pamphlet "Common Sense" so important?
supported women's rights so that both genders were equal.
supported British laws and told people to give laws a chance
helped people realize feudalism didn't work
helped convince colonists that they could govern themselves.
14
How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?
Rousseau believed in social contract, Hobbes did not.
Rousseau believed in an absolute monarchy; Hobbes did not.
Hobbes believe you need protection from gov. Rousseau didn't
Rousseau believed that people were good; Hobbes did not
15
What is the "Bill of Rights?"
the greivances in the Declaration of Independance
a tax that people had to pay in order to have rights
the first ten amendments to the Constitution
a document written by Voltaire
16
What is NOT correct about our founding father's belief in "unalienable" rights?
they included life, liberty, and the persuit if happiness
those rights that should not be taken away
our founding fathers came up with these ideas on their own
those rights were given to people by God
17
What famous physicist studied the laws of motion and gravity?
Ptolemy
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Robert Boyle
18
Frederick, Catherine, and Joseph II were known as ______________ because of Enlightenment ideas
absolute monarchs
enlightened despots
philosophes
threats to traditional government
19
Theory that the earth is the center of the universe and the sun, and planets all revolve earth
philosoph
geocentric
Scientific Method
heliocentric
20
Who wrote “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains,” meaning people were born good but corrupted by society?
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Locke
Voltaire

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