Scientific Revolution
Who studied the sky with a Telescope?
Galileo Galilei
An Italian sailor who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic.
Christopher Columbus
To go all the way around the globe
circumnavigate
An English philosopher who had major influence on enlightenment political thought (He is all over the slides)
John Locke
A document declaring the colonies’ independence from British rule
Declaration of Independence
Who wrote a book that was thought to have started the Scientific Revolution
Nicoholas Copernicus
Sailed around Africa and landed on the west coast of India in 1498
Columbian Exchange
A French young hero in the French War
Napoleon Bonaparte
A government where one person isn’t all powerful
Limited Government
the Series of events that led to the birth of modern science.
Scientific Revolution
Built an observatory and a navigation school to teach sailors how to find their way
Henry the Navigator
A system, in which a government controls all economic activity in a country and its colonies to make the government stronger and richer
Mercantilism
He mocked government and religion in his writings
The forceful overthrow of a government
Coup d’etat
Who believed that nothing should be complete as long as it isn’t proven to be true?
Rene Descartes
Led a voyage around the southern tip of South America
Ferdinand Magellan
An economic system in which individuals and private businesses run most industries
Capitalism
French thinker who criticized divine right
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
a document that listed right for parliament and the English people
English Bill of Rights
An instrument that measures air pressure
Barometer
An English Sailor who sailed along North America’s western coast
The relationship of goods imported to goods exported
What date is The 4th of July?
July 4th
a document that guaranteed some freedoms for citizens and distributed the payment of taxes more fairly ( *HINT* a Declaration)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen