Scientists
Philosophers
Enlightened Absolutists
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Misc
100
First to make a telescope that could see well into outer space
Galileo
100
Wrote "The Treatise on Civil Government". Believed in Natural Rights such as life, liberty and property.
John Locke
100
Enlightened Absolutist from Russia. Patronized the philosophers but did not do many reforms.
Catherine the Great
100
Gutenburg printed the first bible
1517
100
What TIME PERIOD does this piece of baroque art represent?
The Scientific Revolution
200
Wrote the laws of motions
Newton
200
Father of Modern Economics. Explained the concept of laissez faire, capitalism and the invisible hand.
Adam Smith
200
Enlightened Absolutist from Prussia. Believed he was a "servant of the people". He created the Civil Servant exams for the government.
Frederick the Great
200
Peace of Augsburg
1555
200
What type of religion believed that God acted as a watch maker? Many enlightenment philosophers were this religion.
Deism
300
Published on the Revolutions of Heavenly spheres. Determined that the planets orbited the sun.
Copernicus
300
Wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" and fought for women's rights.
Mary Wollstonecraft
300
Enlightened absolutist in Austria. Freed the serfs.
Joseph II
300
Glorious Revolution
1688
300
Arts of Popes and Kings. Example of this type of art/ architecture is the Palace of Versailles
Baroque
400
Discovered and explained the circulatory system in the body
William Harvey
400
Wrote "The Social Contract".
Rousseau
400
Wrote the Encylopedie.
Was the librarian for Catherine the Great
Denis Diderot
400
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres was published this year by Copernicus
1543
400
Which art movement is this piece of art?
Rococo
500
Believed in indeductive reasoning
Descartes
500
Wrote "On Crimes and Punishment" and fought to reform the criminal justice system.
Cesare Beccaria
500
Believed in Freedom of religion, freedom of speech. Wrote "Letters on the English".
Defended enlightened absolutists.
Voltaire
500
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith was published this year
1776
500
What type of art movement is this piece of art? This movement is associated with the French Revolution
Neoclassical