Vocabulary
Procedure to solve scientific problems based upon the collection of data and testing hypothesis
Scientific Method
Man the "discovered" gravity
Isaac Newton
Created the idea of natural rights
John Locke
This French city was the "capital" of the Enlightenment
Paris
Socioeconomic system of the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles in return for land and protection
Feudalism
Geocentric Theory
Man the created the heliocentric theory
Copernicus
Said people are selfish and greedy and that you need a strong government to control them
Thomas Hobbes
These were run by women and were like hotels were people stayed at and discussed Enlightenment ideas
Salons
To be kicked out of the Catholic Church
Excommunicate
Monarchy where the king/queen has total/unlimited power
Absolute Monarchy
Isaac Newton created the three laws of __________.
Motion
Came up with the idea of checks & balances
Montesquieu
Diderot published this book containing all of the most famous Enlightenment ideas
Encyclopedia
Series of religious wars in the late Middle Ages fought for control of Jerusalem
The Crusades
Dividing the power of government between different groups in an attempt to prevent anyone from abusing their power
Separation of Powers
Person who created the Scientific Method
Francis Bacon
Promoted equality in society and government
Rousseau
Term for monarchs that embraced Enlightenment ideas
Enlightened Despots
Renaissance term for a person who pays for and supports the work of artists
Patron
Idea that people are the source of the governments power
Popular Sovereignty
What is Johann Kepler known for?
Tracking the planets orbits
Created idea of the separation of church and state
Voltaire
Name of John Locke's book that contained the idea of natural rights
Two Treatises on Government
Leader of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Conquistador