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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
English, wrote Two
Treatises of Government
and supports a limited
government
John Locke
French, wrote The Social
rights that belong to all
Contract and believed the
humans from birth like
government should be
life, liberty, and property
chosen by the people
natural rights
Rousseau
People who applied the
methods of science to
understand and improve
society
Philosophes
English, wrote Leviathan
and supports an absolute
monarchy, believes
people were evil
Thomas Hobbes
French, edited the
Encyclopedia and helped
spread the ideas of
current philosophers
Diderot
rules discoverable by
reason
Natural Law
French, wrote The Spirit
of the Laws, believed in
Separation of Power and
Checks and Balances
Montesquieu
people give up some of
their freedoms for an
organized society
Social Contract
English, wrote A
Vindication of the Rights
of Woman
Wollstonecraft
French, believed in
Freedom of Speech and
separation of church and
state
Voltaire
philosophical movement
of the 18th century that
emphasized the use of
reason to reassess
previously held beliefs
about people and politics
Enlightenment
new technology and
innovative approaches to
seeking knowledge that
transformed thinking in
the 1600’s
Scientific Revolution
self-governing,
independent
Sovereign
Scientist, developed
heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus
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based on the belief that
the sun is the center of
the universe
Heliocentric Theory
Scientist, discovered
planetary motion and
that each planet does not
move in a perfect circle
Johannes Kepler
Scientist, first to use
telescope, forced to
recant ideas by the
Catholic Church, tried
before the Inquisition
Galileo Galilei
Scientist, discovered the
laws of gravity, wrote
Principia
Isaac Newton
Scientist, discovered
circulation of the blood
and that the heart is a
pump
William Harvey
based on the belief that
the earth is the center of
the universe
Geocentric Theory