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Scientific Revolution / Enlightenment Take Home Test
Part 1 Quotes Activity:
Directions: Complete the following tasks for each quote.
Part A: Read the following quotes and determine the person that stated the quote.
Part B: Explain the quote.
Part C: Explain the reasons why you think it is this person.
1. “I think therefore I am.”
2. “I don’t agree with what you have to say, but I will defend until death your right to say it.”
3. “The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.”
4. “Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others,
and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don't know. How
may the restraints on man become legitimate?”
5. “The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will
or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule. The liberty of man, in
society, is to be under no other legislative power, but that established, by consent, in the commonwealth;
nor under the dominion of any will, or restraint of any law, but what that legislative shall enact, according
to the trust put in it.”
Part 2 Short Answers:
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
6. Pick two important people from the Enlightenment or Scientific Revolution.
Explain their main ideas, contributions, and / or inventions. Explain their
connections to modern times.
7. Explain the connection between the Enlightenment and future democratic
revolutions.
Part 3 Essay Topics:
Choose one of the following essay topics and answer the question in
complete paragraphs. You will need at least 4 paragraphs to answer these
questions completely.
8. What are the long term effects of the Scientific Revolution on History? Who were
some of the important scholars coming out of this time period and what were their
ideas? What were some of the valuable contributions from this time period and why
were these contributions valuable? What other events did the Scientific Revolution
directly influence? How did it influence these events?
9. What are the long term effects of the Enlightenment on History?
Who were some of the important scholars coming out of this time period and what
were their ideas?
What were some of the valuable contributions from this time period and how did this
contribution influence other people?
What other events did the Enlightenment directly influence? How did it influence
these events? Emphasize the importance of the thesis. Reference any previous
topics that relate to this time period, tie all of these ideas together, and offer some
personal insight, evaluation, or experience without using “I.”