This model stated earth is in the center of the solar system
What is the Geocentric Model
100
People are “selfish & wicked”
Who is Thomas Hobbes
100
Large gatherings where wealthy & educated met to discuss ideas
What are Paris Salons
100
This is what monarchs that tried to adopt enlightenment ideals became known as
What is enlightened despots
200
Period where people began to question God & religion
What is Reformation
200
This model stated that the sun was in the center of the solar system
What is Heliocentric Model
200
Natural Rights-life, liberty, & property
Who is John Locke
200
Denis Diderot began to collect knowledge & essays by great thinkers & scientists into this.
What is the Encyclopedia
200
Two reasons monarchs chose enlightenment thinking for their rule
What is
1.) make their countries stronger
2.) rule more effectively
300
This led to a more rapid spread of ideas
What is the Printing Press
300
Proved that the heliocentric model was correct; found that the planets traveled in elliptical orbits
Who is Johannes Kepler
300
Published more than 70 books of political essays philosophy
Who is Voltaire
300
The middle class began to get information through
What is newspapers & pamphlets
300
Granted many religious freedoms, reduced censorship, improved education, reformed the justice system, & abolished torture
Called himself the “first servant of the state”
Who is Frederick the Great (Prussia)
400
Scientists also began to question accepted ideas of these ancient thinkers
What is Greeks and Romans
400
Responsible for many discoveries including:
All pendulums swing at the same speed regardless of length
Who is Galileo Galilei
400
Believed in individual freedom & direct democracy
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau
400
Knowledge spread faster during this time because of this invention
What is the Printing Press.
400
Abolished serfdom-peasants must be paid with cash
His reforms were undone after his death
Who is Joseph II (Austria)
500
Found during exploration these were translated & provided new ideas.
What is Muslim scripts
500
Made advances in math, logic, & geometry
“I think therefore I am.”
Who is Rene Descartes
500
Was against torture and cruel or unusual punishments
Who is Beccaria
500
Style of art that is grand & ornate
What is Baroque
500
After a serf revolt she stopped pushing for reforms
Expanded Russia’s borders