absolutism
who had total control
monarchs
thinkers promote what
knowledge thorugh observation and expirements
what is enlightenement
movement based on reason,logic,natural laws
What started it
debt,high taxes,inequality
what is divine right
kings/queens get authority to rule from God
who invented heliocentric
nicolaus copernicus
governemnt should be guided by
reason
what did the people storm
Bastille
what ruler embodied this belief
king louis xiv
What did Galileo use
telescope
Who came up with natural rights
John Locke
What did the people do to the leaders
Behead
what happened after the wars
debt
What did the church say geocentric was
earth was middle of solar system
who defended freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
What was reign of terror
ton of guilloitne executions to people of power
enlightenment ideas while keeping absolute authority is
enlightned despots
What is the scientific method
Using reason and experiments
Thomas Hobbs described government as
Social contract
who led the reign of terror
Robespierre