Scientific Revolution
A step-by-step process to conduct experiments
Had ideas of individual rights
Who is John Locke?
Called himself the Sun King
Who is Louis XIV?
The colonies wanted independence from what country?
Great Britain
What are the 3 estates?
1st estate - the clergy
2nd estate- the nobility
3rd estate - the commoners
Developed the scientific method around 1620
Who is Francis Bacon?
Adam Smith is considered the what?
Father of Capitalism
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The French were inspired by who to rise against their monarchical government?
The American colonies after winning their freedom from Britain
Who upset the church when they confirmed that Ptolemy’s theories were wrong?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
A French philosopher best known for Candide (1759)
Who is Voltaire?
Inherited the Holy Roman Empire and gave up his throne in 1550
Who is Charles I / Charles V
How long did this revolution last?
Seven years
What years did the revolution take place?
1789-1799
Studied the motion of planets and objects on Earth and developed laws.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Thought that anyone with a good education could reason and make good decisions, and people could govern themselves
Russian monarch who wanted Russia to adopt customs and manners from Western Europe
Peter I / Peter the Great
The last major battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
What group did Maximilien Robespierre lead during the Reign of Terror?
Jacobins
The year that William Harvey published his book about his findings about the human heart
1628
Believed that laws should be adapted to best fit the people it serves
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Built relations with Protestant gov’ts and let the Huguenots keep their religious rights
Who is King Louis XIII?
What Treaty was signed after the Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris 1783
What happened on July 14, 1789?
French citizens in Paris stormed the Bastille