WH9 Chapter 6 Study Guide

agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government

logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world

During the American Revolution, which of the following was MAJOR reason for the colonists' victory over Britain?

in the Middle Ages, the earth-centered view of the universe

According to the Enlglish philospher John Locke, if a government fails to protect the natural rights of its people, then

In On the Spirit of Laws, ____ proposed that separation of powers would keep groups from gaining control of a government

Isaac Newton developed the idea that every object in the universe attracts every other object, which is called the ....

What are teh first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

___was a French philosophe who never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom, or religion, and freedom of speech

The Stamp Act was passed by England's Parliament in 1765 in order to force the American colonists to help pay for the __

European art of the 1600s and early 1700s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called___________.

What are two factors that contributed to the rise of a Scientific Revolution in Europe in the mid-1500s?

Ruled Russia/ enlightened despot / crushed a massive uprising of serfs and gave the nobility absolute power over serfs

relating to the simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s

The Declaration of Independence was written by _____

statement of the reasons for the American colonies break with Britain

Which country did NOT take a partition of Poland in 1772?

one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment

Women's contributions to the Enlightenment included all of the following EXCEPT...

How were Enlightenment ideas spread throughout Europe?

the study of the natural world began to be charactarized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs

measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others

French philosophe Jean Jacques Rosseau believed that the best form of government would be a....

European city that became the center for classical music in the 18th century

Who was a French philosophe that argued that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness

Which of the following documents created teh first national government of the 13 individual states in North America?

system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states

Edited and published the Encyclopedia

___ lived the last years of his life in house arrest because his scientific findings didn't agree with the Catholics

18th century European monarchs; inspired by Enlightenemnt ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects

What was the Scientific Revolution?

Henry Fielding was a writer who....

_____ was the author of the Declaration of Indepence.

Who ruled Austria as an enlightened despot and abolished serfdom

The ___ entered the Revolutionary War on the side of the Americans in 1778.

The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in society was called the _

English politician/writer with passionate interest in science. Argued for scientists to use new techniques and methods

The heliocentric theory challenged or contradicted....

In A Vindication of Rights of Women, this political thinker presented an argument for the education of women

______________ was a mathematician who developed analytical geometry, which links algebra geometry