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Renaissance
Time period that is context for Scientific Revolution
involved A rejection of the traditional authority of thR Catholic church
Scientific Revolution
Revolution that led to questions about society, the economy, and politics
Scientific method
changed research by directly observing natural phenomenon and testing hypotheses through experiments
Geocentric Model
Model accepted by church (had earth and center of universe)
Heliocentric model
Made by Copernicus
Countered geocentric model
Had sun at center of solar system
Physics
Galileo tested the movement of planetary
bodies using the telescope -
this led to ______
Principia Mathematica
Book that connect the speed of falling objects to the movement of planet
Gravity
Principia mathematica led to this theory
The enlightenment
was a time of optimism where European philosophers believed government should reflect reason
Natural Law
It is the view that there is a higher law to which specific written laws of a government must be compared
Two treatises on government
English philosopher who wrote “life, liberty, and property” were natural rights in this book: ____
Life liberty, and property
three example of. Natural rights
Spirit of laws
In this book, Montesquieu favored the separation of government into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial
The social contract
In this book: ______ , rousseau proposed a system where government is driven by the collective will of people
Collective will
What should drive a government, according to Rousseau
Declaration of independence
The philosophies of John Locke had a particular impact, whose logic formed the intellectual basis for going to war with Britain in 1775 and the writing of ________
A vindication of the rights of women
This book written by Mary Wollstonecraft insisted that women, like men, possessed reason and were therefore entitled to rights.
Seneca falls convention
1848, social turning point where women demanded the right to vote
Declaration of sentiments
This document demanded the right to vote for women, and was modeled after American Declaration of Independence
Francis Bacon
his Scientific Method changed research by directly observing natural phenomenon and testing hypotheses through experiments
Copernicus
made the heliocentric model
Galileo
he tested the movement of planetary bodies using the telescope
Sir Isaac Newton
wrote a book called Principia Mathematica
John Locke
believed people gave up total freedom for the protection of a ruler
Montesquieu
favored the separation of government into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial
Voltaire
admired the English system of government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
was one of the most radical Enlightenment thinkers
In his book, The Social Contract, he proposed a system where
Enlightenment Thinkers
Living just before or even during the American Revolution, these people had a profound impact on the founding ideas of the United States
Mary Wollstonecraft
English author that is considered the founder of modern feminism.
Susan B. Anthony
Major figure in the American movement were
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