Revolutions test Review

Informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas.

War tactic involving hit and run raids.

Who proposed the idea of separation of powers in government?

Adam Smith said in a free market, business activity would be regulated by the forces of

Method for carrying out executions during the Reign of Terror

According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the best form of government?

Why did enlightenment writers often face censorship?

Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because it

The American Revolution and what other war led to financial problems in France?

French Middle Class

What British law imposed a tax on newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies?

Who was the second estate in French Society?

Britain passed Navigation Acts to

What group of laws reflected Enlightenment principles?

What form of government did the National Assembly create with their constitution?

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

War tactic in which Napoleon closed European ports to British goods.

How did Robespierre believe you could achieve a "republic of virtue"?

Military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy.

Business where the government doesn't interfere.

Who's government policies helped bring about the American Revolution?

The grand, ornate style of art and architecture popular during the age of Louis XIV

What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?

Principle that all government power comes from the people.

Who argued that the forces of supply and demand can regulate business activity?

Where were the delegates from that broke away and declared themselves the National Assembly?

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the American Revolution?

Who said the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?

What said everything can be discoverable by reason?

Person chosen to command the American forces during the American Revolution.

The idea of systems of checks and balances was influenced by what Enlightenment thinker.

Who believed people were naturally good and made bad by society

One of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror.