Vocabulary
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
a system of government in which a country is ruled by a monarch whose power is limited by a constitution
Who was William Penn?
Who was Isaac Newton and what was one of his discoveries?
He was a British scientist who made advancements in physics, mathematics, and other categories. He is known for discovering gravity and his laws of gravity.
If universal laws governed the universe and people, what else could they govern, according to scientific farming?
Universal laws could also govern crops and animals
What is the scientific method?
A system for acquiring scientific knowledge involving observation, measurement, and experiment
What was the glorious revolution?
The Glorious Revolution is the term, first used in 1689, to summarise events leading to the deposition of James II and VII of England, Ireland and Scotland in November 1688, and his replacement by his daughter Mary II and her husband and James's nephew William III of Orange, de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic
Who was John Locke and what were some of his ideas?
John Locke was looking for laws that predicted how people would act. He said that all people have a right to seek life, health, liberty and possessions, and that no king could throw people in jail just because he wanted to
What would happen to a field that was planted with wheat year after year?
It would give less grain because the nutrients were gone
What was the agricultural revolution?
A movement that It involved the mechanization of agricultural production,
Summarize King Philip's War
More and more English colonists came to the New World, and moved into Indian land. One tribe, the Wampanoag, decided to fight back. A young Indian man tried to warn the colonists, but they didn’t listen. The young man was killed! The colonists arrested three Indian warriors and executed them. The war was on! It was called ‘King Philip’s War,’ and it went on for months and months. When it was over, thousands of Indians had died, and the English went on spreading across their land.
Which did Isaac Newton agree with—the ideas of Plato and Aristotle, or the ideas of Galileo and Copernicus?
Galileo & Copernicus
Who was Charles Townshend?
he invented a new form of farming where farmers first planted wheat, then turnips, then barley or oats, and finally clover.
Name the steps in the scientific method (min 3)
Observe, question, hypothesis, experiment, analyze, conclusion!
Did John Locke prefer a Commonwealth or a monarchy?
Name a development during the Agricultural Revolution
Seed drill, crop rotation, selective breeding, etc.
Name a constitutional monarch
William & Mary, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, etc
According to John Locke, every person has, by natural law, the right to seek what four things?
life, liberty, health, and posessions