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Chapter 18
AP European history chapter 18 study guide (terms).
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Law of Universal Gravitation | Everybody in the universe attracts everybody in the universe in a precise mathematical relationship, whereby the force of attraction is proportional to the quantity of matter of the objects and inversely proportional to the square of the distance bewteen |
| Empiricism | 1. Scientific Method 2. The theory that sense experience is the only source of knowledge |
| Cartesian Dualism | Descartes' view of the world as consisting of two fundamental entities, as matter and mind |
| Bernard de Fontenelle (1657-1757) | Writer who set out to make science witty and entertaining to a nonscientific audience; exploited the fundamental theme of rational, progressive scientists versus prejudiced, reactionary priests |
| Parlements | The thirteen high courts in France who had the ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly in writing before they were registered and given the force of law |
| Madame du Chatelet | Translated Newton's "Principia" into French and explained Newton's complex mathematical proofs; excluded from France's Royal Academy of Sciences because of her sex |
| Deism | Popular belief in the 17th and 18th centuries that God created the world and its natural laws, but takes no further part in its function |
| General Will | Reflects the common interests of the people who have displaced the monarchs as the holder of sovereign power; does not necessarily represent the will of the majority |
| "under the cloak" sales | Because of censorship in France many of the works of the philosophes were printed abroad and smuggled back into the country in the illegal book trade |
| "reading revolution" | The old style of reading in Europe was centered on religious texts, teaching obedience to God, and read by the father to the family. By the 18th century reading became individual with a wide variety of subject matter |
| Salons | Elegant private drawing rooms where talented and rich Parisian women held regular social gatherings to discuss literature, science, and philosophy; in this way they were able to circumvent censorship |
| War of Austrian Succession | Began when Fredrick II, disregarding his promise to respect the Pragmatic Sanction, invaded and captured Silesia from Austria |
| Pugachev's Rebellion | Pugachev, a Cossack soldier, led a peasant rebellion; slaughtered landlords and officials in southwestern Russia before being crushed by Russian Army |
| The Partition of Poland | Fredrick II's plan to divide Polish lands between Prussia, Russia, and Austria; Poland vanished from the map |
| Parlement of Paris | Judicial body that challenged the royal authority of Louis XV; claimed king could not raise taxes without their consent |
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