vocabulary
scientists
thinkers
events
hodgepodge
100
an agreement between rulers and the people
What is a social contract
100
discovered the laws of motion and gravity
Who is Isaac Newton
100
"I think, therefore I am"
Who is Descartes
100
the American Revolution was set off with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in this year
What is 1776
100
this word signifies the sun is the center of the universe not the earth
What is heliocentric
200
law that applies to everyone and could be understood by reason
What is Natural law
200
one of the fathers of the scientific revolution, he created a method to finding out science
Who is Francis Bacon
200
he wrote the Leviathan and said people were naturally selfish and violent and you should always obey your government
Who is Thomas Hobbes
200
in 1632, Galileo was forced to do this in front of the Inquisition
What is recant his statements on the Solar System
200
he was afraid of unruly people after he witnessed the killing of Charles I and started a pessimistic view on people
Who is Thomas Hobbes
300
an explanation of the facts based on observations
What is a hypothesis
300
he was the first to determine that the Sun is the center of the universe and that planets revolved around it
Who is Copernicus
300
he wrote SPIRIT OF LAWS, which stated why branches of government should be divided equally
Who is Montesquieu
300
His most famous work the Principia was first read in 1687
Who is Isaac Newton
300
this English scientist determined that blood is pumped circulatory around the heart
Who is WIlliam Harvey
400
the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
What is rationalism
400
he was credited for stating that the planets move in elliptical orbits rather then circular ones
Who is J. Kepler
400
he witnessed the Glorious Revolution and was influenced to make a social contract based on individual rights
Who is John Locke
400
the French Revolution began soon after the American because of the influence of many French philosophes in what year
What is 1789
400
What are the 3 branches of government we use today?
What is executive, legislative, and judicial
500
monarchs having complete and total power
What is absolutism
500
he was sentenced to house arrest and condemned because his ideas were too conflicted with the doctrines of the Catholic church
Who is Galileo
500
he was a famous writer and thinker who opposed governments that favored ONE single religion and was also a deist
Who is Voltaire
500
Mary Wolstonecraft published her famous work the Vindication of the Rights of Women in this year:
What is 1792
500
who stated, "Law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom!"
Who is John Locke
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