He was the first to use a telescope regularly, universe not earth-centered, moons around Jupiter, forced to recant findings by the Church
Who is Galileo
100
first to propose that the earth was not the center of the universe
Who is Copernicus
100
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sun-centered view of the universe
What is heliocentric
100
rulers that tried to govern by Enlightenment principles
What is enlightened absolutism
100
alien who defined the 3 laws of motion, discovered gravity, developed calculus
Who is Isaac Newton
200
systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
What is the scientific method
200
he said: "I think therefore I am"
Who is Descartes
200
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intellectuals of the Enlightenment
What are philosophes
200
he developed the scientific method
Who is Sir Francis Bacon
200
believed that government should be equally divided among branches of government
checks and balances
Who is the Baron de Montesquieu
300
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He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
he criticized religious intolerance
proponent of freedom of the press
deist
Who is Voltaire
300
he thought humans were naturally corrupt, self-centered, brutish
he was alarmed by the revolutions in England
believed society needed absulute monarchs
Who is Thomas Hobbes
300
"life, liberty, property"
he believed all people were born with natural rights
Who is John Locke
300
she was one of the earliest advocates for women's rights
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft
400
proceeding from the particular to the general
What is deductive reasoning
400
wrote the Wealth of Nations
believed in laissez-faire
Who is Adam Smith
400
"to let people do what they want"
What is laissez-faire
400
system of thoughts based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
What is rationalism
400
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He edited the Encyclopedia
Who is Denis Diderot
500
Enlightenment philosophes met at these elegant drawing rooms to discuss the lates ideas and discoveries
What are salons
500
prominent female scientist of the eighteenth century
humans can conquer nature through science
Who is Margaret Cavendish
500
medieval construct of the universe
What is the Ptolemaic system
500
our first constitution that created a weak central government
What is the Articles of Confederation
500
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Rousseau believed that society should agree to be governed by the general will through a...