Scientific Revolution
What was Galileo Galilei known for?
Of all of his telescope discoveries, he is perhaps most known for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter, now known as the Galilean moons.
What did Isaac Newton discover?
He discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus.
Devine right of kings?
The doctrine that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, from which it follows that rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
What were the actions of Robespierre?
Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution.
How did Napoleon rise to power?
After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
What were the causes?
The immediate trigger of the conflict was Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
What is the Scientific Method?
A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
What were the causes of the English civil war?
A key factor which led to the outbreak of the Civil War was King Charles and his lack of money.
What were the three estates?
This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
What is the Napoleonic code?
The concept of equality before the law and also secured the right to property.
How did Haiti impact Latin America?
Slaves in Haiti rebelled, abolished slavery, and won independence.
Who was Copernicus?
He was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
What was Oliver Cromwell best known for?
He was best known for being Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland after the defeat of King Charles I in the Civil War.
The declaration of the rights of man?
a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population.
What was Venezuela's part to play?
Venezuela was the first of the South American Republics to formally break away from Spain.