Philosophers
a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly
Scientific Revolution
the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
Heliocentric Theory
During the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the...
Tax on tea
Who argued people had the right to overthrow a government that did not protect their natural rights?
Locke
Voltaire
Newton
Locke
The new way of thinking emerged in the mid-1500s is called the...
Enlightenment
Informal gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas
Salons
A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem
Scientific Method
Colonists objected to the ___________ because British Parliament taxed all papers/ legal documents and they had no representation.
Stamp Act
Who believed people were naturally good?
Rousseau
Voltaire
Lockee
Rousseau
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, most relied on __________________________ to explain reason and looked to them as authority.
The Church and ancient scholars
advocated equal rights and education for women
Mary Wollstonecraft
British scientist that developed the three laws of motion
Sir Isaac Newton
Who was the General who led the American troops in the War for Independence?
George Washington
_________ believed that the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Renee Descartes
John Locke
Who had theories that conflicted with church teaching and was confined to home?
Galileo
believed government should have separation of powers
Montesquieu
astronomer who designed and built new instruments for observing the heavens and trained many other astronomers.
Kepler
The people who lived in the colonies under the monarchy of England and who were not happy being taxed are known as the...
The colonists
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet _______________ argued that the American colonies deserved to be an independent nation.
United Nations
Nation Divided
Common Sense
Common Sense
__________________ ideals had a large impact on the new nation the United States.
Enlightenment
said that people have a natural right to life, liberty, property.
John Locke
Who was the first scientist to create a complete model of the solar system?
Copernicus
In what document can you find this statement……..“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
Declaration of Independence
Said best form of government includes a separation of powers. Separation of powers leads to a system of checks and balances which keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful. Who am I?
Montesquieu
True or False: The United States government was NOT built on the Enlightenment ideas.
False