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