period during the 1600s and 1700s when reason was used to guide people’s thoughts about society, politics and philosophy
What is Enlightenment
100
series of events that led to the birth of modern science, lasted from 1540 to 1700
What is Scientific Revolution
100
1689 document
listed the rights of Parliament and the English people
Drew on principles of the Magna Carta
What is English Bill or Rights
100
17th Century English philosopher
Said humans born Tabula rasa (blank slate)
Attacked divine right of kings (monarchs)
Argued governments depend on consent of those governed
What is John Locke
100
Charles Montesquieu
What is French Political Philosopher
Chief Works are satirical
Lettres persanes (1721)
L’Esprit des lois (1748)
200
rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct
What is Philosophy
200
rules discoverable by reason
What is Natural Law
200
1776 document
Declared American colonies’ independence from British rule
What is Declaration of Independence
200
18th Century French Philosopher
Leading figure of enlightenment
Stated that people are good but corrupted by social institutions
Best know writing – The Social Contract
What is Jean-Jacque Rousseau
200
Thomas Jefferson
What is U.S. political leader in late 18th and early 19th centuries
Founding father
Leader of Democratic party
Principal author of Declaration of Independence
US president 1801 to 1809
300
form of government in which people elect leaders to rule by majority
What is Democracy
300
rights that cannot be taken away
What is Inalienable rights
300
Fundamental document of French constitutional history
What is French Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen
300
Italian Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist
Demonstrated falling objects fall at the same rate
Perfected the telescope
What is Galileo Galilei
300
Francis Bacon
What is English Author (late 16th to early 17th century)
Known for defense of scientific method
400
agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole
What is Social contract
400
assembly of guest in a room, during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society to discuss topics of the day
What is Salon
400
Polish Astronomer
Promoted theory that earth and other planets move around the sun – Copernican System
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
400
English Mathematician & Scientist
Invented Calculus and formulated principles of physics
Wrote Principia Mathematica (1687) about gravitation
What is Isaac Newton
500
method for research for which:
Problems are identified
Relevant data is gathered
Hypothesis is formulated from data
Hypothesis is empirically tested
What is Scientific Method
500
1689 document
listed the rights of Parliament and the English people
Drew on principles of the Magna Carta
What is English Bill or Rights
500
Johannes Kepler
What is German astronomer
Discoverer of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion – founder of modern astronomy
500
17th century British Political Philosopher
Wrote Leviathan – about human nature