Flash+Notes+Sci+Rev+&+Enlightenment (1)

Geocentric theory

________- or that the earth was the center of the solar system was wrong.

Isaac Newton

________- Argued that universe is governed by Natural Laws (Motion, Gravity)

Voltaire

________: Personal freedoms, religious tolerance and freedom of the press and speech.

Heliocentric Theory

________:"sun- centered "theory- it raised the question, "If the Church could be wrong about this issue, could it be wrong about other issues ?.

Mary Wollstonecraft

________- championed womans rights and mother to Frankenstien author Mary Shelley.

Age of Reason

________: people used reason to guide them in their decisions (this comes from the scientific approach to learning)

Scientific Method

________: a process used to answer scientific questions.

Scientific Method

 a process used to answer scientific questions

Geocentric theory 

 or that the earth was the center of the solar system was wrong

Isaac Newton 

Argued that universe is governed by Natural Laws (Motion, Gravity)

Age of Reason

 people used reason to guide them in their decisions  (this comes from the scientific approach to learning)

people can overthrow the government

If the govt fails

Barron de Montesquieu

  there should be a separation of powers -executive, judicial, legislative and Checks and Balances*

Voltaire

 Personal freedoms, religious tolerance and freedom of the press and speech

Mary Wollstonecraft 

championed womans rights and mother to Frankenstien author Mary Shelley

Their influence

 the ideas expressed by Enlightenment thinkers got people to consider changing their governments (from Monarchies to Republics)

Jean Jacques Rousseau:

.There is a social contract between people and govt.
Majority should rule

Influence

Helped inspire the American, French, and Latin American Revolutions

Age of Enlightenment

A time when people were enlightened (exposed) to new ideas and ways of thinking - especially about politics