Scientific Revolution
What is the scientific revolution?
A new way of thinking about the natural world
He wrote the "Leviathan" and believed the government should have "Absolute Power"
Thomas Hobbes
What country did the colonist come from that settled on the eastern coast of the United States
England
Why did the British feel the need to tax the colonist?
To help pay their war debt.
Arguably the greatest World History teacher and football coach of all time, this man is looked at by many as the "GOAT OF ALL GOATS"
Coach Hill
The theory that the planets revolve around the sun
Heliocentric Theory
He believed all people are born fair and equal. He favored the idea of self government
John Locke
What other two countries colonized North America?
Spain and France
If the colonist were from Britain why did they not want to pay these new taxes.
They felt it was taxation without representation in the English parliament. They also had established their own life in the Americas and thought they should govern themselves.
Who fought alongside the Americans in the American Revolution
The French
The theory that the earth is the center of the universe
The most brilliant and influential of the philosophers he wrote more than 70 books on political essays, philosophy and dramm.
Voltaire
Name 3 of the 13 colonies
Various
What was the Boston tea party and why did it occur?
When the colonist dumped crates of tea in the Boston harbor in protest to the new tea tax.
Who invented the telescope?
Galileo
This Italian philosopher promoted criminal justice and regularly criticized common abuses of justice.
Beccaria
Raw cloth or woven fabric sold to the British by the colonist
Textile
Who did the colonist choose to command their Revolutionary army?
George Washington
After winning the American Revolution the colonist decided they needed to form of Government. what kind of government did they form?
A Republic
Who discovered the law of gravity?
Issac Newton
This son of a poor swiss watch maker was committed to human freedoms
Rousseau
Why was the war between France and Britain called the French Indian war?
Because the french enlisted numerous native american tribes to fight on its side.
He wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
Toussaint L'Ouverture led which countries revolution against the French
Hatti