Studied by 2 people
John Locke
________:: Pushed for political rights, believed that everyone was born with a blank mind.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Created the idea of the Social Contract that the people allow their rulers to be in power.
Rationalism
Theory that opinion and actions are based on reason.
Scientific Method
Procedure of answering questions based on observation, measurement, experiment, etc.
Philosophers
People who attack the ideas of the church.
Salons
________:: elegant meeting places where wealthy upper and middle class people had conversations over the issues of the day.
Catherine the Great
Enlightened Despot who ruled Russia.
Joseph II
Enlightened Despot who ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
Merchants
The people who took ideas around the world.
Despot
Enlightened ________:: Rulers who were considered Absolutist but used ideas of the Enlightenment.
Inductive Reasoning
________:: Observations to come up with a general principle.
18th century
Enlightenment:: The thought movement of the ________ as well as the reaction to Reformation and Age of Absolutism.
Separation of powers
Montesquieu:: Political rights, ________.
Importance of Reading
________:: Books spread the ideas to the literate elite.
Geocentric
Belief that the Earth is the center
Heliocentric
Belief that the sun is the center
Universal Law of Gravitation
Theories introduced by Sir Isaac Newton
Rationalism
Theory that opinion and actions are based on reason
Scientific Method
Procedure of answering questions based on observation, measurement, experiment, etc
Inductive Reasoning
Observations to come up with a general principle
National Philosophers
Middle Age Scientists, Supporters of Aristotles Theories
Nicolaus Copernicus
(Polish) Suggested that the sun was at the center
Johannes Kepler
(German) Movement of planets
Galileo Galilei
( Italian) Many advancements in Astronomy
Isaac Newton
(English) Various laws of Math and Science
Margret Cavendish
(English) Writer, interest in Natural philosophy
Maria Winkelmann
(German) Astronomer
Rene Descartes
(French) Philosopher and Mathematician
Francis Bacon
(English) Explained the scientific method
Enlightenment
The thought movement of the 18th century as well as the reaction to Reformation and Age of Absolutism
Influencers of the Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Renaissance
Growth in thought, Belief in progress and the individual, Influences American and French Revolutions
Effects of Enlightenment
John Locke
Pushed for political rights, believed that everyone was born with a blank mind
Montesquieu
Political rights, Separation of powers
Voltaire
"Greatest Figure of the Enlightenment", Prolific writer
Diderot
Created the Encyclopedia
Adam Smith
"Father of modern economics"
Laissez-farie
"let the people do what they want."
Cesare Beccaria
Advanced justice system
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Created the idea of the Social Contract that the people allow their rulers to be in power
Mary Wollstonecraft
Pushed for womens rights
Importance of Reading
Books spread the ideas to the literate elite
25
Amount of Periodicals available in 1700
158
Amount of Periodicals available in 1780
Salons
elegant meeting places where wealthy upper and middle class people had conversations over the issues of the day
Merchants
The people who took ideas around the world
John Wesley
Creator of Methodism
Philosophers
People who attack the ideas of the church
Enlightened Despot
Rulers who were considered Absolutist but used ideas of the Enlightenment
Fredrick the Great
Enlightened Despot who ruled Prussia
Joseph II
Enlightened Despot who ruled the Holy Roman Empire
Catherine the Great
Enlightened Despot who ruled Russia
Baroque and Neoclassical
Music from this time
Bach, Handel, Mozart
Writers of Music from this time
True
Buildings become grand, influenced by Greece and Rome
More are reading
Cause, writers are writing more novels
Note 
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