Scientific revolution
What is the Scientific Revolution?
A new way of thinking about the natural world, challenged many of the Churches ideas
Who was Thomas Hobbes and what government does he support?
he wrote the leviathan and thought that all people are evil and the government protect us. He supports absolute monarchs
What did Galileo invent and what did he discover with it?
he invented the telescope, and discovered that the moon has an uneven surface, the sun has dark spots, and Jupiter has 4 moons
Who did people listen before the scientific revolution?
The Catholic Church
What did Isaac Newton discover?
The Law of Gravity, Laws of motion, and Universe was like a Giant clock
What was the Geocentric theory?
Earth at center of universe
Who was John Locke and what government does he support?
he wrote the Two Treatises on government, and thought that all people are good. He believed government should protect our natural rights, Liberty, life, and property. he supported a limited government
how did the Church respond to Galileo's theories?
they made him read a signed confession which stated Copernicus ideas were false, and he was put under house arrest
Who was Adam Smith?
Wealth of Nations he believed capitalism was the best economic system and thinks people should compete for money.
Name one step in the Scientific Method?
test, experiment
What was the geocentric theory?
Earth as the center of the Universe
Who was Baron de Montesquieu and what did he inspire?
He wrote on the Spirit of Laws, and he believed in separation of powers and checks and balances. He Inspired the US government
What is the scientific method?
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
What was the Enlightenment?
It was new ideas for government and inspires tolerance for other and revolutions
What era came after Absolutism?
Scientific Revolution
What theory did Copernicus think of, and what did it state?
The Heliocentric theory, It stated the Sun was the Center of the Universe and all the planets rotated around it.
Who was Rousseau and what did he inspire?
Social contract he believed Government is a contract between the rulers and the ruled, and if the rulers violate the contract then there will be a revolution. He inspired the French and American revolution
Name one instrument that was created that supported the scientific revolution
telescope and microscope
What is another name of the Enlightenment Era?
The age of reason
What era came before the Enlightenment?
Scientific Revolution
Name one absolute monarch?
Catherine the Great and Louis XIV
treaties on tolerance he believed in the Separation of Church and state, and he increased secularism and tolerance
What was Descartes idea and what is one of his quotes?
everything should be doubted until proven by reason
"I think, Therefore I am"
Name 4 Enlightenment Thinkers
Voltaire, Locke, Hobbes, Wollenstonecraft
What era came after Scientific Revolution?
The Enlightenment