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History
10th Grade
01/31/2012

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Heliocentric Theory
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sun-centered universe; Copernicus
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Francis Bacon
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invented the experimental method which eventually leads to scientific method
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Isaac Newton
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Developed laws of gravity
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Thomas Jefferson
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writer of the Declaration of Independance
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Declaration of Independance
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Document declaring the colonies of the New world Free of Englands control
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Bill of Rights
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First ten admendments to the Constitution
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John Locke
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Enlightened thinker who who wrote about the natural rights of man; life, liberty, and property
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Who was the Bill of Rights was influenced by
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Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau
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Thomas Hobbs
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believed in Social Contract; contradicted the ideas of the Constitution
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How did the Declaration embody Enlightenment ideals?
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It promoted the idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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What % of Frances population belonged to the 3rd estate?
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98
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Bastille Day
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Mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder
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Slogan of the Revolution
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Liberty Equality Faternity
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"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights" was in what document?
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Declaration of the rights of Man
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Reign of Terror who was safe from the guillotine?
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No one
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Why did Napoleon attack Russia?
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to enforce the Continental system
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What issue led to the meeting of the estates general?
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proposed taxation of the 1st and 2nd estate
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Ropespierre
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Responsible for killing 40,000 people with the guillotine; eventually is killed by fellow revolutionaries
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social contract
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idea that peoples rights should handed over to one supreme ruler who should decide for the opeople what is right and wrong
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Voltaire
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Enlightened thinker; came up with the idea of freedom of speech and religion
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Enlightenment
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Period of time where people came up with new ideas on how government should be run and how people should operate
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Who influenced the American Revolution?
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British politicians/enlightened thinkers/philosophes
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scientific revolution
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advanced science and medicine
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