Scientific Revolution
This model of the universe places the Sun at the center.
What is the heliocentric model?
This thinker argued that people are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
This protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This term describes power divided between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This movement focused on reason, science, and progress.
What was the Enlightenment?
Before the 1500s, European scholars relied heavily on these two sources of knowledge.
Who were the Ancient Greeks and the Roman Catholic Church?
This philosopher believed humans are naturally selfish and violent.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
This country formed a military alliance that helped the Americans win the war.
What was France?
This idea states that government authority comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This scientist supported heliocentrism and was placed under house arrest by the Inquisition.
Who was Galileo?
This scientist proposed the heliocentric model in 1543.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
This thinker argued for separation of powers into three branches of government.
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
This battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This Enlightenment goal focused on using reason to fix injustice and bad government.
What was the goal of the philosophes?
This philosopher declared, "I think, therefore I am."
Who was René Descartes?
He proved that the heart pumps blood in a continuous loop.
Who was William Harvey?
She argued that equal education was the key to proving women’s equality.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
This person was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This Enlightenment ruler abolished serfdom, though it was later reversed.
Who was Joseph II?
These thinkers sought to apply reason to society and government.
Who were the philosophes?
His work is considered the crowning achievement of the Scientific Revolution.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This Enlightenment thinker is known as "The Experimentalist" and promoted empiricism.
Who was Francis Bacon?
This leader is often called the "Father of the Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
This philosopher wrote Leviathan, arguing that strong government is necessary to maintain order.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
This group influenced both the American and French Revolutions.
Who were Enlightenment thinkers?