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WHII.6 Age of Revolutions vocabulary

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English Bill of Rights
Composed in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights
It limited royal power and ended absolutism in England
English Bill of Rights
It served as a model for the American Bill of Rights
Montesquieu
French philosopher who believed in the separation of powers in government
Montesquieu
His essay, Spirit of the Laws, served as a model for the U.S. Constitution
Cervantes
Wrote Don Quixote
Cervantes
Created the "novel"
Scientific Revolution
A change in society brought about by an emphasis on reason and observation
Scientific Revolution
It led to the creation of the Scientific Method, which applied the use of mathematics, experiments, and instruments to explain why things happened
Bach and Mozart
composers
Reign of Terror
A time during the French Revolution in which thousands were charged with being enemies of the Revolution and were guillotined, including King Louis XVI
Divine Right
Belief that absolute monarch's right to rule came from God
Absolute monarchs
European kings and queens who increased the power of their governments
Absolute monarchs
Peter the Great and the "Sun King"
Age of Reason/Enlightenment
A time when philosophy centered on the beliefs in the supreme goodness and power of reason as a means of realizing human potential, as well as a period of rapid growth in the sciences, art, music, literature, and technologies
Age of Reason/Enlightenment
A time when philosophers believed that human progress was possible through the application of scientific knowledge and reason to issues of law and government
Bastille
A mob stormed this prison at the beginning of the French Revolution
Hobbes
English philosopher who believed humans naturally lived in anarchy and needed a strong government for protection
Hobbes
Wrote Leviathan
Heliocentric theory
Discovered by Copernicus and supported by Galileo Galilei
Heliocentric theory
Theory that the earth revolved around the sun
Kepler
Discovered planetary motion (ellipses)
Harvey
Developed a theory about the circulation of blood
Delacroix
A painter and leader of the French Romantic school of art
Parliament
English legislative body
Parliament
Under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, it defeated the English monarch, Charles I
John Locke
English philosopher who believed a government's purpose was to protect man's natural rights and that the people had a right to change the government if it did not protect their rights
John Locke
His ideas about man's natural rights inspired America's founding fathers
Voltaire
French philosopher who believed in religious tolerance and the separation of church and state
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French philosopher who believed a social contract existed between rulers and the people
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