Scientific Revolution
Another term for geocentrism
What is the Ptolemaic theory
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that women should be treated equally to men.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
The earth is the center of the universe.
What is geocentrism
He came up with the idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
An economic system in which countries amass wealth by exporting more than importing, especially through the use of tariffs, and increases stores of gold
Mercantilism
A method of procedure that has described natural science since the 17th century. The steps for this method are, ask a Question, research, make a hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.
What is the Scientific Method
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that people were good by nature could rule themselves.
Who was John Locke?
Trusting reason rather than feelings to decide one's beliefs or actions.
What is Rationalism
He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched, found out that the moon’s surface is rough and uneven, he discovered 4 moons around Jupiter, and he also studied Venus and found out that like the moon Venus also had different phases which made him realized that since Venus had phases like the moon then it must be traveling around the sun.
What is Galileo Galilei
The Sun King
Who is Louis XIV?
1) Discovered orbits around planets were elliptical, not circular
2) The speed of a planet is greater when it is closer to the sun & slower farther away from the sun
3) planets with larger orbits revolve at a slower average velocity than those with smaller orbits
What are the laws of planetary motion?
The Enlightenment Philosopher who wrote works of satire mocking the nobility and clergy, and believed in freedom of speech and religious tolerance.
Who was Voltaire?
The belief that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest, the state should not interfere with natural economic forces. No gov’t regulation of the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
He discovered the laws of gravitation. His law of universal gravitation states that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. He is also the person that figured all of that out after an apple fell on his head.
What is Isaac Newton
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
What is alchemy?
The Enlightenment philosopher who believed in a separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
the belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
What is deism?
He improved Copernicus's theory, that the sun is in the center of the universe, and figured out that the orbits of the planets aren't actually circular but ellipse.
What is Johannes Kepler
Made Martin Luther an outlaw to the Holy Roman Empire.
The practice of relying on observation and experiment.
What is empiricism?
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that torture was not a good way to get confessions and punishment should fit the crime.
Who was Beccaria?
Rights granted to all people that governments cannot deny or restrict
What is natural rights?
He wrote On the Motion of the Heart & Blood, 1628. He operated on living humans who were convicted of murder or treason. He laid the foundation for modern physiology in his theory of blood circulation.
What is William Harvey
An event that targetted older poor women who sold herbs and homemade remedies.
What is the witchhunt?