Revolutionary Scientists
Reasoning from a complex truth to a broad idea.
What is inductive reasoning?
The idea that the mind and the body are two separate entities.
What is dualism?
John Locke used this term to describe humans when they are born.
What is tabula rasa?
The British officially recognized the United States through this treaty.
First constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The belief that reason is the ultimate source of knowledge.
What is rationalism?
This Enlightenment thinker believed that governments should have their powers separated through multiple groups.
Who was Montesquieu?
This thinker was an advocate for freedom of speech.
Who was Voltaire?
The protest in which colonists boarded English ships and dumped tea into the harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This notable general became the United States' first president following the American Revolution.
Who was George Washington?
This revolutionary scientist proposed that blood circulated through a closed loop rather than being consumed.
Who was William Harvey?
This revolutionary scientist used the injection of antibodies to irradiate smallpox.
Who was Edward Jenner?
This theory states that the government's power comes from the consent of the governed.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
Style of fighting involving sneak attacks.
What is guerilla warfare?
Act that required colonists to purchase special stamps for legal documents and newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
This revolutionary scientist proposed that the earth's orbit around the sun was an ellipse shape.
Who was Keppler?
This Enlightenment thinker believed that humans were born a "blank slate."
Who was John Locke?
This religious movement placed emphasis on people's personal relationships with God.
What is pietism?
The fundamental change in the way a society operates.
What is a revolution?
Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document formally announced that the colonies were separated from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The "father of modern chemistry?"
Who was Antoine Lavoisier?
Who was Rene Descartes?
This philosophical movement attributes the creation of the universe to an impersonal "first cause."
What is deism?
Style of government adopted by the US after gaining independence.
What is a republic?
What is a president?