The Scientific Revolution 1
This a word to describe a theory that the sun is the center of our solar system
Heliocentric
This is a term used for a government in which monarchs hold total power over the people
Absolutism
This is belief that reason and experience must be present for the solution of problems
Rationalism
This philosopher believed humans were naturally violent and evil
Thomas Hobbes
This man is famous for the discovery of Gravity
Isaac Newton
This is the main claim of a geocentric theory of the solar system
The Earth is the center of the Solar System
A concept in government in which power is divided among three different branches
Separation of Powers
This the word use to describe the necessary the steps for an orderly search for knowledge when conducting a scientific experiment
The Scientific Method
This type of law applies to everyone and could be understood by reason
Natural Law
This French thinker was opposed to governments that favored one religion over others
Voltaire
This philosopher famously came up with the idea,
"I think, therefore I am!"
Descartes
This woman was a strong advocate and supporter of Women's rights
Mary Wollstonecraft
This man is famous for theorizing that the Earth was the center of our solar system
Ptolemy
This king of France was nicknamed, the Sun King, and was an absolute monarch
King Louis XIV (the 19th)
This is an unwritten agreement between the government and the people
Social Contract
This was an event during which European's understanding of Science changed and they searched for knowledge
The Scientific Revolution
This is a religious belief based on reason where God created the universe and then essentially let it be and progress naturally without any intervenion
Deism
This European scientist became famous for controversially theorizing that the sun was the center of the solar system
Nicolaus Copernicus
This man was heavily influential to many American ideals and believed that it what the job of the government act on the will of the people
John Locke
Greeks and Romans mostly relied on this poor means of making scientific discovery
Common Sense
This man improved upon Galen's previously poor understanding of the human body by being the first European to dissect a human
Andreas Vesalius
This is the event during which King James of England was overthrown
The Glorious Revolution
This Europeans thinker developed the Scientific Method
Francis Bacon
This Philosopher liked the English government because it had a separation of powers
Baron Montesquieu
these are the names of the three branches in a government that has a Separation of Powers
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive