Key Terms
Theory that the sun is in the center of the universe
What is Heliocentric?
Monarchs claimed total, absolute power in this era
What is the Age of Absolutism?
Believed that people were naturally good
What is John Locke?
Rights that belong to all humans from birth
What is natural laws?
Process of discovery and confirmation of idea to figure out a problem
What is the Scientific Method?
Believed that powers of government should be separated
What is Montesquieu?
Agreement by which people give up the state of nature for an organized society
What is Social Contract?
3 Era's discussed in class
What is the Enlightenment Era, Scientific Revolution & Age of Absolutism?
Believed that people were basically bad & should give up their rights as individuals
What is Thomas Hobbes?
Movement based on experiment and observation
What is the Scientific Revolution?
Thinks who applied the methods of science to improve society
What were philosophers?
Believed people had the right to freedom of speech
Theory that the earth is the center of the universe
Movement that supported the ideas of human reason and logical thought
What was the Enlightenment?
Believed that the planets move in eclipse
What is Kepler?