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