French rev review

Question 1

The first to claim that the earth was not the center of the universe

Answer 1

Copernicus

Question 2

Father of experimental science, published “the starry messenger”

Answer 2

Galileo

Question 3

Wrote principles of mathematics (known for his law of optics, gravity, motion, and inertia )

Answer 3

Sir Isaac Newton

Question 4

Properties of gases and pressure

Answer 4

Boyle

Question 5

Political philosopher who started the idea of a social contract. Wrote Leviathan

Answer 5

Hobbes

Question 6

Believe in natural rights; life, liberty, property

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Locke

Question 7

Separation powers, checks and balances

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Montesquieu

Question 8

Father of the French revolution, champion human freedom key ideas; All man are equal/majority rules

Answer 8

Rousseau

Question 9

Founder of economics, capitalism and free trade. Proposed laissez faire

Answer 9

Adam Smith

Question 10

Wrote “ commentaries on the laws of England“. Influenced English and American common law

Answer 10

William Blackstone

Question 11

Argued on behalf of women’s rights

Answer 11

Mary Wollstonecraf

Question 12

Propose that there be no “no cruel and unusual punishments “

Answer 12

Beccaria

Question 13

Advocated for religious freedom, free speech, intolerance and reason

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Voltaire

Question 14

Wrote declaration of independence

Answer 14

Jefferson

Question 15

First man elected president. Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

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George Washington

Question 16

Wrote the French declaration (of the rights of man and citizen )

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Lafayette

Question 17

Married to Louis the 16th, un popular, extravagant spending

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Marie Antoinette

Question 18

Married to Marie Antoinette. decreased the death of France by loaning money to the Americas for the revolution

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Louis the 16th

Question 19

Minister of justice, let the committee of Public Safety until he was executed

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Danton

Question 20

Published “friend of the people “stabbed in The bathtub

Answer 20

Marat

Question 21

Executed Danton . Wanted to control and create a new order in France

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Robespierre

Question 22

Took control of France and “saved the revolution” won many battles and restored order

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Napoleon

Question 23

British military power who fought against Napoleon

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Duke of Wellington

Question 24

Married Napoleon for his money in 1792

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Josephine Bonaparte

Question 25

Great Britain’s greatest naval hero famous for the battle of Trafalgar

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Lord Horatio Nelson

Question 26

What happened to Galileo after he wrote his heliocentric theory of the cosmos?

Answer 26

The church brought Galileo before an inquisition forced him to recant

Question 27

Can you list 3 to 4 contributions made to science and math by newton

Answer 27

The laws of optics, gravity, and motion

Question 28

Can you list the natural rights Locke said a government should protect

Answer 28

Life, liberty, and property

Question 29

What was locks radical idea regarding what people are allowed to do if their government fails to protect their natural rights

Answer 29

Then the people have the right to revolt and replace the ruler or government

Question 30

Can you list the two sides that fought in the English Civil War plus nicknames for both sides and the leaders for both sides

Answer 30

King Charles let the royalist, nickname; the Cavaliers

Oliver Cromwell led the roundheads, nickname Puritans

Question 31

What army did Oliver Cromwell lead

Answer 31

Led the new model army

Question 32

What was the outcome of the English of the war? Who was executed? Who know ruled

Answer 32

King Charles lost the war and was the 1st king to be publicly tried and executed for treason

Question 33

What was restored during the restoration? And what was the monarch that was placed back on the throne

Answer 33

King Charles second was placed back on the throne, this restored the British monarchy

Question 34

Why was the glorious revolution glorious? And who were the two monarchs that came over to England

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One, no shots were fired, it was a bloodless revolution

two, it ended the divine right of kings.

Three, the new king and queen were willing to share power with Parliament.

William and Mary were the two monarchs That came to rule

Question 35

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the date

Answer 35

Thomas Jefferson July 4, 1776

Question 36

Can you list the three estates of the old regime

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1clergy- church
2 nobility.
3 people of France (bourgeoise)

Question 37

Can you list 3 to 4 causes of the French revolution

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1. Extravagant spending and privileges of the nobility
2. Influence of the philosophers of the enlightenment
3. Influence of the American revolution

Question 38

What was the start of the French revolution

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The storming of Bastille

Question 39

What happened to king Louis 16th and Marie Antoinnette

Answer 39

They were executed by the guillotine

Question 40

What started the reign of terror? And what ended there in a tarot

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Started: Marat stabbed in bathtub
End: execution of rebespierre

Question 41

What was the model of the French revolution

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“ Liberty equality fraternity

Question 42

What was napoleons proudest longest lasting achievement

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Publishing the Napoleonic code or the French civil code of laws

Question 43

How did Napoleon come to power

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Seized France during a coup d’ etat

Question 44

What was the number one mistake made by Napoleon

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In 1812, he invaded Russia in the winter

Question 45

Can you list the two countries that fought the battle of Waterloo and the 2 leaders

Answer 45

Fance: Napoleon
Britain: Duke of Wellington