Enlightenment Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. This American document argued that the British government was failing to protect the natural rights of its citizens
   The Declaration of Independence
2. The government's power to enforce laws and control the army
   Executive Power
3. This thinker helped create the Scientific Method
   Francis Bacon
4. At this event, people argued that without a king, governing power returns to the people
   The Cortes of Cadiz
5. This revolution saw the successful implementation of Enlightenment ideas and inspired other revolutions
   The American Revolution
6. This French group was made up of the Clergy
   The First Estate
7. This violent revolution served as a cautionary tale and resulted in an Emperor
   The French Revolution
8. This Spanish group was made up of European-born whites
   Peninsulares
9. This thinker argued that we should doubt everything until it has been proven
   Rene Descartes
10. The belief that society should follow what the majority of people agree upon
    General Will
11. A government in which there are no limits on the power of the ruler
    Absolutism
12. This thinker argued that government powers should be split to protect citizens
    Baron de Montesquieu
13. A period when "enemies of the revolution" were tried and executed in mass paranoia
    The Reign of Terror
14. This French group was made up of the Nobility
    The Second Estate
15. A system of basic rights inherent to people that cannot be taken away
    Natural Rights
16. A group of monarchs who enacted some Enlightenment reforms
    Enlightened Despots
17. This Spanish group was made up of American-born whites
    Criollos
18. This thinker believed societies existed to create order. He liked absolute monarchs.
    Thomas Hobbes
19. These revolutions fought for equality and representation against a colonial caste system
    Latin American Revolutions
20. The government's power to create laws
    Legislative Power
21. This French group was made up of common people (and paid taxes)
    The Third Estate
22. This invention helped spread Enlightenment ideas and information
    The Printing Press
23. The government's power to interpret the laws and judge cases
    Judicial Power
24. This thinker studied the planets and created the heliocentric system
    Nicolaus Copernicus
25. This traditional institution opposed Enlightenment ideas that questioned its teachings
    The Catholic Church
26. This type of location was a gathering place for people to share and debate Enlightenment ideas
    Salons
27. This Spanish group was made up of indigenous Americans
    Indios
28. This thinker argued for Freedom of Speech
    Voltaire
29. This thinker argued for education and for equal rights for women
    Mary Wollstonecraft
30. This thinker published the Encyclopedie
    Denis Diderot
31. This belief argues that knowledge comes from logic and reason, not traditional authority
    Rationalism
32. This American document divided government power according to Enlightenment ideas
    The US Constitution
33. This thinker argued that people have natural rights, and that societies exist to protect those rights
    John Locke
34. This Spanish group was made up of mixed-race individuals
    Mestizos
35. A group of theories explaining why societies form and the role of government
    Social Contract
36. This violent revolution was inspired by ideas of liberty; it abolished slavery
    The Haitian Revolution
37. This thinker believed governments should enact the General Will, and that people are inherently good.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
38. These physical obstacles slowed the spread of the Enlightenment
    Mountains and Oceans
39. A process of learning by asking questions
    Inquiry