Philosophers
Said the Government should have 3 branches
Montesquieu
first suggested the heliocentric model of the galaxy
Copernicus
Ruled France
Louis XIV
The way that humans can objectively study things and prove things.
The largest naval fleet that was beaten by the British
The Spanish Armada
Argued for freedom of speech and religion
suggested elliptical orbits
Kepler
Ruled England at the beginning of this time.
Elizabeth I
This formerly powerful body is now questioned by the people.
The Church
An earth centered view of the universe
Salon (geocentric)
first suggested a social contract and natural rights
Locke
suggested the sun had a dark spot
Galileo
The theory that absolute monarchs used to say that they were accountable only to God
Divine Right
Laws discovered by Man through reason
Natural Laws
Enlightenment thinkers thought this group had rights in the home, but not outside of it.
Women
said civilization corrupts people, so we need direct democracy
Rousseau
discovered a law for universal gravitation
Newton
Fought with Sweden over ports in the Baltic
Peter the Great
John Locke's most famous work
The Two Treatises of Government
BOTH the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment emphasize this foundation
human reason (logic)
argued for education and equality for women
Wollstonecraft
Suggested that matter was made of tiny, primary particles
Boyle
Defeated the Ottomans in 1571
Phillip II
Created the first Encyclopedia of Knowledge
Diderot
The title of the book written by Thomas Hobbes about absolute monarchy.
Leviathan