french rev and napoleon

Question 1

Who first proposed that the earth was in the HELIOCENTRIC orbit, in his book, Concerning the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres?

Answer 1

Copernicus

Question 2

What view did the church insist was correct about the heaven prior to the 1800s?

Answer 2

Geocentric view

Question 3

this was the belief that the planets orbit the sun

Answer 3

Heliocentric theory

Question 4

which scientist is known as the father of experimental science for contributions like the TELESCOPE ?

Answer 4

Galileo

Question 5

which scientist of the enlightenment first theorized the laws of gravity motion INERTIA? he also developed mathematics CALCULUS

Answer 5

Issac Newton

Question 6

which scientist developed the scientific method of study

Answer 6

Bacon

Question 7

how did the church respond to the findings of Galileo?

Answer 7

they put him through a inquisition where he was forced to recant. then they put him on house rest till his death.

Question 8

which scientist of the enlightenment wiped out the deadly diseases small box with vaccinations

Answer 8

Edward Jenner

Question 9

what contributions were made by Robert boyle

Answer 9

Boyles law relationship with pressure, gas

Question 10

Divine rights of kings

Answer 10

to believe that monarchs received their right to rule from God and are accountable only to God

Question 11

what type of monarch was Catherine the great Peter the Great King Louis the 14th?

Answer 11

Absolute monarchs that believed in the define rights of kings

Question 12

which philosopher of the enlightenment is credited with the principle of separation of powers and checks balances

Answer 12

Montesquieu

Question 13

which philosopher of the enlightenment, supported free, speech, free press , intolerance, freedom of religion

Answer 13

voltaire

Question 14

which philosopher said all men created equal and that the majority should rule

Answer 14

Rousseau

Question 15

this is a situation in which there is an absence of rules laws or an authority figure

Answer 15

A state of nature

Question 16

which philosopher believes the torture and cruel and unusual punishment be abolished

Answer 16

Beccaria

Question 17

What was a Salon

Answer 17

entertainment salons of the enlightenment is where people danced, ate, discussed debated and issues of the day

Question 18

Who won the English Civil War

Answer 18

Cromwells New model army

Question 19

when King Charles 1 lost the Civil War, what happened to him?

Answer 19

he was tried and executed. his head was chopped off

Question 20

what were the social classes in France called?

Answer 20

three estates or estates general

Question 21

which estate was the largest in terms of population

Answer 21

3rd estate (people of France)

Question 22

what was the motto of the French revolution?

Answer 22

Liberty, equality, and fraternity

Question 23

why did King Louis XVI call a meeting of the estate general?

Answer 23

france was bankrupt

Question 24

where did the national assembly meet when they were locked out of the estate general? what did they promised to write?

Answer 24

tennis court/constitution

Question 25

The enlightenment ideas of liberty property, speech, and religion were expressed in what French revolutionary document?

Answer 25

declaration of the rights of man and citizen written by Marquis de Lafayette

Question 26

what was the guillotine?

Answer 26

called the “national razor” used to CHOP OF HEADS

Question 27

define the reign of terror

Answer 27

20,000-40,000 people were executed during most radical phase of the revolution

Question 28

Who was the leader of the reign of terror?

Answer 28

the committee of public safety was the government during this time and most infamous leader of the committee was ROBESPIERRE

Question 29

how was marat killed

Answer 29

he was stabbed to death in a bathtub by charlotte

Question 30

What is a coup d’etat and who first did this?

Answer 30

A sudden overthrow of a country by military force. Napoleon power over France in a coup

Question 31

what was the scorched earth policy?

Answer 31

Russians burned everything and left nothing for Napoleon army to live off of

Question 32

what was the continental system and which country did Napoleon try to harm with it?

Answer 32

to cut off trade with Great Britain and it didn’t work

Question 33

what was Napoleons costliest mistake and what happened after he invaded?

Answer 33

he invaded Russia where he lost the bulk of his army

Question 34

Most famous battle in history. in it napoleon suffered his GREATEST DEFEAT at the hands of the british duke of wellington

Answer 34

battle of waterloo

Question 35

define lord Horatio Nelson

Answer 35

Britains greatest navy or army hero
biggest win was at the BATLLE OF TRAFALGAR

Question 36

What territory did Napoleon sell to the United States president Thomas Jefferson? This land more than doubled the size of the continental US

Answer 36

Louisiana purchase

Question 37

Napoleon proudest achievement. what was the Napoleonic code of french civil code?

Answer 37

Codified laws for france

Question 38

Queen Victoria one said that this man was the “greatest man England ever produced” who was she talking about?

Answer 38

Duke of wellington