Enlightenment/SciRev figure

Copernicus (1530’s)

First to prove heliocentric theory

Kepler (1600)

Proves heliocentric theory by using math

Galileo (1615ish)

All objects fall at the same speed

Sir Isaac Newton (1680’s)

Pinnacle of scientific revolution

John Locke

Wrote about natural rights

Rousseau

Wrote about popular sovereignty

Voltaire

Wrote about freedom of speech and religious tolerance

Montesquieu

Wrote about separation of power

Beccaria

wrote about laws existed to preserve order

Mary Wollstonecraft

Believed that women should get education to have the same opportunities as men