Scientific Rev.
People
Enlightenment and American Government
Enlightenment Spreads
Potpourri
100

Earth is center of universe 

geocentric theory

100
British Writer who argued that women should have the same rights as men
Mary Wollstonecraft
100

3 Natural Rights

life, liberty, property

100

provided a space where these philosophes could meet, discuss their ideas, and spread their revolutionary thoughts

Salons

100

Who was leader of Russia from 1762-1796

Catherine the Great

200

Sun is center of universe

heliocentric theory

200
Farmer, scientist, and scholar who supported the separation of religious and secular power and later became president of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
200

a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.

direct democracy

200

This term refers to the agreement between a ruler and his people, for example, the people give up some of their rights for the common good of society.

Social contract

200

belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

Deism

300

generally considered the father of the scientific method

Sir Francis Bacon

300

belief that man was born basically good, and idea that society is what corrupts mankind

Rousseau 

300

Term for making sure that no branch of government has too much power over the other

Checks and balances

300

 new style of art which was characterized by lightness, elegance, and an exuberant use of curving natural forms in ornamentation

rococo 

300

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

Bill of Rights

400

This proponent of the heliocentric theory waited till he was on his deathbed to publish his work to avoid persecution from the Church.

Copernicus

400

French Noble who claimed that separation of powers would protect people's freedom

Montesquieu

400

was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

Voltaire

400

 his main concern was to argue that effective government—whatever its form—must have absolute authority.   

Thomas Hobbes

400

ruled Prussia from 1740 until his death, leading his nation through multiple wars with Austria and its allies.

Frederick II

500

Considered a pioneer in astronomy, he is best known for his three laws of planetary motion

Kepler

500
Created the Encyclopedia
Denis Diderot
500

His political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect the three natural rights of “life, liberty and estate”

John Locke

500

A system in which rulers tried to rule by enlightenment ideas while still maintaining their royal powers

Absolutism

500

wrote the philosophical treatises A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality and The Social Contract

Rousseau 

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