Vocab
Observation of facts/things, formation of a hypothesis, tests to prove if the hypothesis is true, and if the hypothesis is proven, then it is scientific law.
Scientific Method
Who discovered the cell? What did he use to find it?
Robert Hooke
A microscope
Rights belonging to all humans from birth, including life, liberty and property (Vocab)
Natural Rights
Rousseau believed the right to rule came from who?
The People
Who created the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon
The practice of trying to transform ordinary metals like copper and lead into precious metals like gold and silver.
Alchemy
This explained why things were bound to Earth and held our solar system together
The Theory of Universal Gravitation
What form of government did Hobbes believe was the best?
Absolute Monarchy
What did Montesquieu believe in that the United States uses to this day?
Powers should be separated equally throughout the judicial, legislative, and executive branches
What did Newton develop to explain his work with gravity?
Calculus
A universal moral law that could be understood by applying reason.
Natural Law
What did Galileo find that he believed confirmed Copernicus’s ideas?
Galileo built a telescope in 1609 and discovered moons moving around planets and believed it confirmed Copernicus’s ideas.
What did William Penn advocate for?
Pacifism
Also known as philosophers. Disapproved of the superstition and religious opposition to new scientific endeavors. (Vocab)
Philosophes
A branch of philosophy that deals with spiritual issues such as the existence of God
Metaphysics
Social gatherings of educated people held in wealthy families homes.
Salons
Who believed truth came from the investigation of evidence?
Francis Bacon
What form of government did Locke believed was the best?
Democracy
Europe’s new thinkers and their study of the natural world and human behavior helped usher in the _________________
Age of Enlightenment
What astronomer famously lost his nose in a duel?
Tycho Brahe
Rulers who sought to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers.
Enlightened Despots
Who discovered the heart pumps blood throughout the body?
William Harvey
The opposition of violence as a means of settling disputes.
Pacifism
Rousseau said "The People had the right to..." do what?
to remove an oppressive government and create one devoted to the common good.
A cultural movement that celebrated emotion and the individual, replaced classicism in the arts.
Romanticism