Scientific Revolution
How did the printing press impact the Scientific Revolution?
Helped spread information quickly
Which enlightenment thinker believed people should be born with natural rights?
John Locke
What was it called when the European kings thought they should rule with complete authority?
Absolutism
Was Haiti able to setup a stable democratic government system after gaining independence?
No
Who was thought to need more power during the Enlightenment?
The people / Citizens
What model did Copernicus discover?
Helio-centric (Sun at the center)
What did Voltaire defend?
Freedom of Speech
What did Czar Peter the great import to Russia to make it more “modern”?
European Scientists and Artists
Which king was inspired by absolutism in France & Spain – tried to seize more power for himself & suspended Parliament in England?
King Charles I
The Enlightenment encouraged the use of what?
Reason and Logic
What did Edward Jenner create?
Vaccines
What did Montesquieu believe in?
Three branches of Gov't
Where did King Louis XIV move his palace to?
Versailles
How did England try to pay off their war debts?
Taxing the Colonies
What prompted the beginning of the French Revolution?
French citizens stormed the Bastille
What did the Scientific Revolution encourage people to do?
Understand how the world works
Name one country that had a revolution that was sparked by enlightenment ideas?
English, American, French, Haiti, Mexico
What is divine right?
God gave a certain person the position in charge as king or ruler
What was the result of the Spanish Empire’s collapse?
These Spanish colonies became independent, but not united into 1 state
Who led a slave rebellion that successfully freed the slaves of the island of Haiti?
Toussaint L’Ouverture
What were the 2 main reasons for the Scientific Revolution starting?
Humanism and European exploration
Which enlightenment thinker's ideas primarily influenced the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
What 2 reasons caused the kings to have so much power?
Complex Bureaucracy and Gunpowder Weapons
Who dominated wealth, land and privilege in every colony of Latin America with no social mobility?
Peninsulares
Who had lived and been educated in Revolutionary France, and started fighting for independence in South America in 1811?
Simon Bolivar