Mr. Scheffler's World History Midterm

1776

The Decleration of Independence

1787

The US Constituion is written

44 BC

The assassination of Julius Caesar

476

The Fall of the Roman Empire

800

The Coronation of Charlemagne

1455

The Printing Press is invented

1688

The Glorious Revolution

1455-1485

The War of the Roses

1453

The End of the Hundred Years War

1517

Martin Luther posts the 95 theses

The Age of the Enlightenment is also known as the age of

Reason

Leader of the American army during the American Revolution and first American President

George Washington

Principle author of the Decleration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

The Father of the US Constitution

James Madison

Formulated the Scientific Method

Sir Francis Bacon

Revolutions Against Louis XIV when he was a child

The Fronde

The Sun King!

Louis XIV

The palace built by Louis XIV

Versailles

First modern day scientist that argued for a helio-centric universe

Copernicus

Confirmed the Helio-centric model using an improved telescope

Galileo

Discovered the laws of motion and gravity and the properties of light.

Sir Isaac Newton

Established Puritan rules and the only Republic in English History?

Oliver Cromwell

Restored the monarchy and the fun in England

Charles II

Philosopher that wrote the Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Philosopher that justified the English Glorious Revoution and inspired Jefferson

John Locke

Argued for seperating the three brances of government

Baron de Montesquieu

Wrote the Encyclopedia?

Denis Diderot

Enlightened Despot of Russia

Catherine the Great

Enlightened Despot of Prussia

Fredrich the Great

The popular religious belief among philosophes and founding fathers that God created the Universe and then took a stop back and let people run themselves

Deism

The Four Seasons: Summer

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons: Spring

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons: Winter

Vivaldi

The Four Seasons: Autumn

Vivaldi

The Messiah

Handel

Eine Kline Natchmusik

Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Bach

Ode to Joy (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony)

Beethoven

Fur Elise

Beethoven

Monlight Sonata

Beethoven

5th Symphony

Beethoven

Toccata & Fugue

Bach

Father of Geometry and philosopher, "I think, therefore I am."

Descartes

Discovered that planets move in an elliptical orbit?

Kepler

Creted the Scientific Method

Sir Francis Bacon

In many ways, the American Revolution was an experiment of Enlightenment ideas. Describe what that means, including the influcence of the Enlightenment on the Founding Fathers.

Possible Essay Question. Know this!

The philosophies of Hobbes, Locke, the Divine Right of Kings, and the French philosophes

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Be able to describe and then compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution, The American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Latin American Revolutions.

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Describe the life and accomplishments of Napoleon. Is he more of a Hitler or Washington or in between? Why?

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The Voyage of Life

Thomas Cole

Course of Empire

Thomas Cole

Edgar Allen Poe

Know at least five short stories!

Frankenstein

Marry Shelley

Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

psyche revived by cupid's kiss

Canova

The Death of Marat

David

The Death of Socrates

David

Leader of Committee of Public Safety during Reign of Terror

Robespierre

Napoleon's final defeat

Battle of Waterloo

Island to which Napoleon was finally exiled

St. Helena

Island to which Napoleon was first exiled

Elba

System of laws established by Napoleon

Napolenoic Code

Battle were Napoleon's fleet was defeated

Trafalgar

Horatio Nelson

British Admiral whose fleet destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar

Continental System

war tactic in which Napoleon closed European ports to British goods

Battle of the Nations

German name of the decisive defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig

Duke of Wellington

British soldier and statesman; he led the British troops against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Haiti

(french colony) had slave revolution (1794) to gain independence led by Toussant Louverture. First Latin American country to gain independence.

Jose de San Martin

Led revolts for Argentina and worked with Bolivar to free Peru from Spanish rule

Simon Bolivar

"The Liberator", led many independence movements, Venezuela

1789

French Revolution begins

1815

Congress of Vienna

Canon in D

Pachelbel

Ride of the Valkyries

Wagner

Raindrop

Chopin

Ave Maria

Schubert

The Ghazi

Muslim religious warriors, helped form Ottoman Empire

Osman I

Founder of the Ottoman Empire.

What year was the Ottoman Empire founded?

1299

What year did the Ottoman Empire take Constintinople and change the name to Istanbul?

1453

What year was the Mughal Empire founded

1526

Babur

First sultan of the Mughal Empire; took lots of land in India.

Five works of Edgar Allen Poe

The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Useher, Pit and the Pendulum, Ligeia, William Wilson, The Cask of Amontillado, The Murders in the Gue Morgue

Baroque Period

Be able to describe and explain

Neo- Classical Period

Be able to describe and explain

Romanticism

Be able to describe and explain

Adam Smith

Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.

John Locke

17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.

Thomas Hobbes

believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority, wrote The Leviathan

Classical Liberalism

A term given to the philosophy of John Locke and other 17th and 18th century advocates of the protection of individual rights and liberties by limiting government power.