I Think
I Love Science
The British
Rebelling in America
Ideas
100
I stated that all people have natural rights that cannot be taken away and wrote An Essay on Human Understanding
Who is John Locke?
100
I discovered mountains and craters on the moon with my new telescope
Who is Galileo?
100
The representative government for the British
What is Parliament?
100
War fought by Great Britain that caused them to increase taxes on the colonies
What is the French and Indian or Seven Years War?
100
The plants and the sun revolve around the Earth
What is the geocentric theory?
200
I espoused deism as a religious belief that God created the world and set it running in accordance with natural laws
Who is Voltaire?
200
I discovered the universal law of gravity
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
200
This document which limited the power of the English monarchy was signed by King John in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
200
Date for the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is July 4, 1776?
200
Citizens agree to be ruled by a government in exchange for government upholding their rights and providing protection
What is the social contract?
300
I am the father of rationalism and said, "I think therefore I am"
Who is Rene Descartes?
300
I created the scientific method as a way of observing and analyzing data
Who is Francis Bacon?
300
Document signed by the king and queen of England that gave law-making power to Parliament
What is the English Bill of Rights?
300
Term for the first ten amendments to the Constitution that guarantee liberties for citizens
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
What is rationalism?
400
I wrote that there should be three branches of government with no branch being more powerful that the others
Who is Montesquieu?
400
I determined that the planets revolve around the sun instead of around the Earth
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
400
Crowned King and Queen of England in the Glorious Revolution
Who are William and Mary?
400
Document that creates the government of the United States
What is the Constitution?
400
These govern how the universe works
What are natural laws?
500
I wrote The Social Contract
Who is Rousseau?
500
I discovered that the orbits of planets around the sun are in an elliptical shape
Who is Johannes Kepler?
500
Year for the signing of the Magna Carta
What is 1215?
500
Year for the signing of the Treaty of Paris that recognized independence for the United States
What is 1783?
500
Theory that the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
What is the heliocentric theory?
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